John - Thanks for the heads up. We will take care of RC duties and hope to
see you next week.
Best,
Matthew
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:45 PM, John H. Super <johnhsuper at joimail.com>wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>> Please pass on ht bad news if I don't have the v15 fleet list correct.
>> Neat stuff. The Air Museum at San Carlos Airport has quite a few photos of
> the island from the begining.
>> Bad News re: Thursday Nite. The Race Committee are both out of action and
> can not attend to duties. That is, we can not make it. Son John is off on
> long planned family business, which I expected. I did not expect that I
> would trip and mess up my achilles tendon this morning. Doctor says stay off
> it for a few days and I quite agree with her. I am trying to reach Paul
> Harris to enlist his aid but no word yet.
>> If some poor sailor is drafted, here are some details.
> The Dauntless should be in the water. The Ollie box has a test and a on-off
> switch. Turn it on and it does the rest. More ground tackle line in V15
> shed. Yellow is 15' and blue is 25'.
>> Suggest you give the drafted crew average points to make it a little easier
> to swallow.
>> Thanks.
>> John H. Super (the older one)
>>>> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Sessions
> Sent: Jun 25, 2009 9:15 AM
> To: Vanguard 15 Fleet Email List
> Subject: History of Treasure Island
>> Vanguardians,
>> Great story here about the history of TI and Clipper Cove:
>http://www.baycrossings.com/dispnews.asp?id=2181> *
> 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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Best,
Matthew
Matthew Sessions
MCSessions at gmail.com
415-710-3851
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