Hello,
I forgot my sailing gloves tonight at TI. I think I left them on the
V15 on spot 29 (or on the one to the left of it). They are black and
yellow. If any of you is going to be there tomorrow. Would you mind
picking them up?
Thank you,
Jorge
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Matthew Sessions<mcsessions at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>> --
> Best,
> Matthew
>> Matthew Sessions
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