March 12, 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
423 
AMERICAN 5-METRE YACHT DESIGNED FOR A FINLAND YACHTSMAN. 
San Francisco Yachting. 
San Francisco, Cal., March 3. —Not in a great 
many years has there been the initial interest 
taken in yachting that is being manifested this 
season, and from present indications the racing 
season of 1910 will be one of the most success¬ 
ful on record with a greatly increased number 
of boats in the sport and the different clubs bet¬ 
ter represented than ever before. There is now 
a great deal of activity being shown in the line 
of building headquarters for the different clubs, 
and by the time the season is in full swing the 
various organizations will be in permanent homes 
that will be a credit to them. Both of the big 
San Francisco clubs are planning to do exten¬ 
sive building this spring, the Corinthian Club 
planning an entirely new structure at Tiburon 
Point where it owns property and where it has 
always made its headquarters, while the San 
Francisco Y. C. will make extensive additions 
to its home at Sausalito. This club has had 
fine quarters here, but last year a portion of 
the building, which is erected over the water, 
was damaged and must be repaired. Besides, 
there has been an increase in the membership 
of the club and larger quarters were made neces¬ 
sary. But little difficulty is anticipated by either 
organization in securing money for the improve¬ 
ments planned, as each owns the property upon 
which it is proposed to build, and each have 
well known business men on the managing 
boards. Each club is planning to expend about 
$20,000 in the improvement work that is out¬ 
lined, and with other clubs also expending con¬ 
siderable for similar work it may be said that 
the yachting associations are now in the best 
shane they have ever been in. 
The Corinthian Y. C. has never had a perma¬ 
nent home of any value from the reason that 
until recently it was forced to lease the prop¬ 
erty upon which the boathouse stands, and this 
lease was always for short terms only, making 
it an unbusinesslike venture to spend much on 
a building. Last year, however, a deal was car¬ 
ried through whereby the club has purchased 
the property, and plans have been drawn for 
one of the finest buildings of its kind on the 
coast. The present structure will be placed in 
better shape and a new building erected to care 
for the small boats of the members and for the 
power boats which are increasing in such num¬ 
bers. 
The San Francisco Y. C. in drawing up plans 
f r>r the improvement work it wishes done is con¬ 
sidering adding another story to the present 
building, and in building a new building adjoin¬ 
ing the present one, a water lot being owned 
there. Many of the members of this club have 
expressed a desire to have living rooms added 
to the accommodations, and these will probably 
be a feature of the improvement work that is 
done. This would add a source of income and 
would be a pleasing feature to many of the 
club’s members. 
Local yachtsmen are much interested in the 
return of the schooner Lurline to this port, 
where she will race during the coming season 
under the flag of the San Francisco Y. C. This 
trim little vessel was formerly owned by Com¬ 
modore John D. Spreckels and was sold to H. 
H. Sinclair and taken to San Pedro. Last sum¬ 
mer she engaged in the long ocean race from 
San Pedro to Honolulu, winning handily and 
has been prominent in racing circles in the 
southern waters. Her owner has moved to San 
Francisco and his vessel has been brought along. 
Lurline has just been taken to Boole’s shipyard 
on the Oakland estuary and is being thoroughly 
overhauled and placed in trim for the summer 
racing season. She was brought up the coast 
by David Dean and very fast time was made, 
beating the time made by some of the coast¬ 
wise steamers. It is noted that since she was 
here before a number of changes have been 
made in her. Her counter has been extended, 
her topmast has been shortened and her bow¬ 
sprit is not so long as formerly. 
The yacht Iola has been in commission all 
winter and her owners, Barney and Ward, have 
enjoyed fine sport. Cruises have been made up 
in the river and at present Louis Ward is in 
the South Bay on a hunting trip. Mr. Barney 
sailed in her to Walnut Grove a few weeks ago 
and is planning other cruises before the regular 
season opens. 
Harry Brindle, formerly owner of Neva, is 
having, a fine new yacht built at Menotti’s at 
Sausalito and expects to have one of the fastest 
boats on the bay in the 30-foot class. The 
yacht has not been named yet. 
Harry Anderson is having a new sloop named 
Fulton G., built at South San Francisco, and 
will fly the flag of the Corinthian Club during 
the coming season. The new craft is being 
named in honor of Fulton G. Berry, formerly 
commodore of the “Fresno Yacht Club,” and up 
jo a short time ago a familiar figure in yacht¬ 
ing circles on San Francisco Bay. 
Captain Smith, formerly owner of Mary, is 
having a fine yawl built for him bv Stone & Van 
Bergen at the Harbor View yards. The frame 
is now in position and work will be rushed, as 
Captain Smith wishes to use the craft at once 
in the Hawaiian Islands where he is superin¬ 
tending the construction of a dry dock. Cap¬ 
tain Smith is planning to sail his craft to the 
islands and is interesting a crew of amateurs in 
making the trip. 
The British power sloop Olympia put into this 
port a short time ago for repairs after a trying 
voyage down the coast. The vessel left Victoria 
two months ago, having been purchased by a 
resident of Avalon, and in the trip thus far has 
had two captains in charge. After leaving 
Gray’s harbor it was found that the rudder was 
disabled and the trip to this port was made 
with the steering gear in a useless shape. The 
Olympia is 64 feet long and is sloop-rigged with 
additional power in the shape of a 34 horse¬ 
power gasolene engine. A. P. B. 
Brooklyn Model Y. C. 
The season of the Brooklyn Model Y. C. will 
be opened on Decoration Day, with a regatta 
for all classes. Winners will receive cups and 
losers saucers. At the annual meeting recently 
these officers were elected: Commodore. W. 
W. Beebe; Vice-Commodore, W. R. Burkhart; 
Secretary, Conrad Bohl; Treasurer, J. D. Eck- 
hoff; Measurer, L. K. Thurlow; Sergeant-at 
Arms, F. P. Wright; Trustees—Peter Reed, H. 
Haas, H. H. Stelling. 
The club made a good exhibition at the 
Sportsmen’s Show. Twenty-five vessels of 
the club’s fleet were on exhibition and proved 
to be one of the best features of the show. 
All were fully rigged. The speediest of the lot 
Avenger, owned by W. R. Burkhart. This yacht 
won the trophy last year by a single point from 
Ripple, owned by Charles Wanker. Another 
yacht seen was Mina B., owned by W. R. Burk¬ 
hart, which won the special class cup. The 
Agatha S., owned by Holler & Burkhart, won 
the Commodore’s cup. Avenger is 44 inches 
over all, while Ripple is 46 inches. Both are 
in the first class, the rating of which is 42 to 
54 inches. The largest yacht exhibited was 
Mucilage, designed by Mendel Rosenblatt, who 
is in the office of M. M. Whitaker. This yacht 
is 93 inches over all and spreads 4,688 square 
inches of sail. 
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