Vanguardians,<br><br>Great story here about the history of TI and Clipper Cove:<br><a href="http://www.baycrossings.com/dispnews.asp?id=2181">http://www.baycrossings.com/dispnews.asp?id=2181</a><br><i><span><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><br>
<b>Only three buildings remain from this grand fair.<span style=""> </span>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).<span style=""> </span>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.<span style=""> </span></b></font></font></span></i>
<b><span><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><i><br><br>The other two surviving buildings are the large Art Deco buildings that can still be seen on the southeast corner of the island.<span style=""> </span>During the Exposition, they housed exhibits and then served as hangers for the flying boats used by PanAm.<span style=""> </span>Since the 1980s, these buildings have been used as sound stages for productions as diverse as TV�s </i><i>Nash Bridges and the films </i><i>Flubber and </i><i>The Matrix.</i><span style=""><i> </i><br>
<br></span></font></font></span><i><span><font face="Verdana"><font size="2">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.<span style=""> </span>It is interesting to note that the name Clipper Cove does not appear on any official chart.<span style=""> </span></font></font></span></i></b><br><br>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.<br>
<a href="http://vanguard15.org/schedule/524">http://vanguard15.org/schedule/524</a> <br><br>See you tonight...<br>Matthew<br>