Vanguardians,
Great story here about the history of TI and Clipper Cove:
http://www.baycrossings.com/dispnews.asp?id=2181
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Only three buildings remain from this grand fair. One is the Administration
Building that for many years housed a Treasure Island museum and now is the
home of the Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA). Immediately after
the fair closed, though, the Administration Building served as the base of
operations for Pan American Airways Trans-Pacific service from San Francisco
to Manila, via Honolulu, Midway Island, Wake Island, and Guam. More
recently, the building substituted for the Berlin airport in Indiana Jones
and the Last Crusade. * *
The other two surviving buildings are the large Art Deco buildings that can
still be seen on the southeast corner of the island. During the Exposition,
they housed exhibits and then served as hangers for the flying boats used by
PanAm. Since the 1980s, these buildings have been used as sound stages for
productions as diverse as TV�s Nash Bridges and the films Flubber and The
Matrix.
The small cove between Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands (often used as an
anchorage by yachts) is commonly called Clipper Cove in honor of Pan Am's
flying boats, which used the cove as a taxiway. It is interesting to note
that the name Clipper Cove does not appear on any official chart. *
We have 17 boats signed up at the moment so let's shoot for 20+! Even Team
Method looks to be making their 2009 debut - time to break out the A Sails.
http://vanguard15.org/schedule/524
See you tonight...
Matthew
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