History
The Sausalito at her first delta location
The Sportsmen Yacht Club harbor as it appeared in 1939
The Sportsmen’s Sausalito in 2003
(Southern view)
The Sausalito in 2010
(Riverside view)
Past Commodores
1931 Jack Scannell
1932 Walt McCullough
1933 Dick Pratt
1934 Bill Bryant
1935 Ernie LaFranz
1936 Harold Craigie
1937 Clyde Scoville
1938 Joe Thoza
1939 Roy Hartford
1940 Leon Barker
1941 Charles H. Peterson
1942 Jack Pierce
1943 Charles Carry
1944 Jack Evans
1945 George Graham
1946 Leo Pine
1947 Ray Hipkins
1948 W. O. “Bill” Stephens
1949 Fred Hitchcock
1950 Frank Shattuck
1950 Bill Mansell
1951 C. “White” Foulkes
1952-53 Bill Steadman
1953 Les Porter
1954 Claude Salmon
1955 Cyril “Cy” Bond
1956-58 Leo Woodke1959
1959 Clyde Scoville
1959-60 Clyde Worrell
1961 Ralph Greco
1962 Leo Woodke
1963-64 Troyce Severe
1965 Gil Olvera
1966 Bud Strom
1967-68 Frank Fernandes
1969 George Sciacqua
1970 Terry Sannebeck
1971 Robert Holmes
1972 Bert Landes
1973 Willard Phillips
1974 Earl Matheron
1975 Jack Fish
1976 Joe Carrion
1977 John Werner
1978 Jerry Redfern
1979 Preston Rice
1980 Bill Hampshire
1981 Ray Murphy
1982 John A. Kelley
1983 Bob Saunders
1984 Paul Scannell
1985 Jim Dawson
1986 Herb Pekonen
1987 Ed Collins
1988 Tim Doolin
1989 Tom White
1990 Rex Cook
1991 Tandy Chamberlain
1992 Mike Hammer
1993 Ken Williams
1994 Keith Hammer
1995 Lorri Doolin *
1996 Ted Brown
1997 Jerry Fitzgerald
1998 Bob Doell
1998 Chris Yarbrough
1999 Freda Lucido
2000 Diane Essary
2001 Carol Hager
2002 Lou Zobb
2003 Lonnie Gibson
2004 Dave Selvy
2005 Darlene Dawson
2006 Chuck Carroll
2007 Sherry Lively
2008 Casey Curry
2009 Steve Martinez
2009-10 Bob Karr
2011 Garry Ridolfi
2012 Ricky Scannell
2013 Louie Rocha
2014 Don Wilson
2015 Rick Barton
2016 Doug Horton
2017 Matt Tate
2018 Robert Babo
2019 Bobby Brown
2020 Neal Draper
2021 Mike Minick
2022 William Odum
2023 Jim Vicknair
2024 Bob Buckley
Kathie Hammer
Museum Founder & Historian 1994 to 2019
Our Museum Founder and Historian Kathie Hammer passed away on September 25, 2019, after a valiant battle with cancer. She is sorely missed by all that knew her. Rest in Peace Kathie Hammer!
Matt Tate
Historian 2020
The Sportsmen Yacht Club got its humble beginning on a sultry September evening in 1930 when a group of men gathered together in the basement of a sporting goods store in Oakland for the express purpose of organizing a functional club for Sportsmen. In 1932, they leased a plot of land facing the San Joaquin River; they did not stop there. Casting their eyes around for further possibilities, they hit on a novel idea— to purchase a moveable clubhouse. This was accomplished by the purchase of the Ferryboat “Sausalito” in 1934. In 1939, she was moved to her present location on Wilbur Avenue in Antioch.
The Sausalito was built in 1894 at the Fulton Iron Works at North Beach (now the Marina) in San Francisco. The vessel was designed by J. W. Dickie for the North Pacific Coast Railroad Company. She was a wooden hull boat with a copper sheathed bottom measuring 256 feet 1 inch overall length, and 68 feet 3 inches beam. She carried passengers in the day and freight cars at night between San Francisco and Sausalito. She had a seating capacity of 1300 and was fitted with narrow gauge tracks. In 1903, the tracks were removed and the seating capacity was increased to 1500. She continued in passenger service between the same points until her retirement in 1931.
The gallant old girl was the first successful oil-burning ferry on the bay, and in her lifetime she has had quite a past. It was around 6 o’clock on the evening of November 30, 1901, that the Sausalito collided on the fog shrouded bay with the older, smaller San Rafael and sank her. The San Rafael was built in the east in 1877; she was noted for her speed, but on that fateful night she wasn’t fast enough to get out of the Sausalito’s way. The cook in her dining room was killed and two passengers drowned. The horse on board to haul express also went down with the ship. This accident was incorporated in the opening sequence of Jack London’s The Sea Wolf. In his book, he refers to the lost ferry as the Martinez.
The next time the Sausalito ran into serious difficulties was in the spring of 1920, but this time tragedy was averted. Around 1000 passengers, mostly women, were on board when she pulled out of the slip at Sausalito at one o’clock in the afternoon for San Francisco. As she drew abreast of Alcatraz, the steel braces on her walking beam suddenly snapped with a horrendous blow and crashed down into the vessel’s upper housing. Immediately, the piston rod dropped off, fell into the engine and threshed about with an appalling sound before tearing through the deck. The terrified passengers panicked after a pipe gave way and the cabin filled with steam.
Pandemonium increased when someone released the slats holding the life preservers and they rained down on the panicked people. The Ukiah, the ferry Cazadero, and 25 tugs from San Francisco stood by. Eventually, the passengers were removed from the damaged craft to the Ukiah via two laid planks. A rough sea was an additional hazard. While the rescue was in progress, a barge bearing heavy boxcars was caught in a wave and smashed into the Sausalito’s side. Everyone was saved and no one was seriously injured. Repaired, she continued to make the Marin run until 1930 when she was retired.
In 1933, she was sold to Learner and Rosenthal of Oakland. It was from this firm that Sportsmen, Inc. purchased the Sausalito minus her mammoth engine and boiler. The Sausalito was towed to her new home on a day that was stormy and windy. The tug boats, Fighting Bob and Rover, assisted each other in this task. The Fighting Bob abandoned the tow when calmer water was reached past Point Richmond. The tug Rover completed the tow by getting the Sausalito to her new site in the near record time of six hours.
In 1939, the Sportsmen, Inc. bought land. A dredging contract was signed for a land locked harbor 100 x 300 feet. Because of the holes that were chopped into the bottom of the ferry (so she wouldn’t rock and roll with the tides) the members were worried about moving her. The moving of the Sausalito was a very simple matter after all. The members salvaged an old pump and motor to pump the boat dry. It worked like a charm. Three hours and 15 minutes after starting the pump the boat was dry, and 45 minutes after the tug boats hooked on the Sausalito was almost home.
The Sausalito is a marvelous clubhouse with its 60 cabins for members, large dance floor, and a bar from the 1939 World’s Fair at Treasure Island which had been used in the ladies lounge. The club has numerous covered berths. Members enjoy many monthly and yearly activities and the Club is a PICYA member. No argument at all, the Sportsmen Yacht Club has the most interesting clubhouse on the Delta.
Be sure to visit the Kathie Hammer Memorial Museum when on-board the Sausalito
SPORTSMEN YACHT CLUB FIRSTS
Elise Huard provides this chronology of Sportsmen Developments & Activities:
Meeting to Form a Sport Club
President (Commodore)
Fish Derby
Barbecue
Dance
Lunch Served in Completed Lunchroom
Beach Party
Halloween Dance (Costume)
Telephone Installed
Hot Showers
Gas Heaters
Launch Ramp
Membership Meeting in Antioch
4S Rendezvous at Sportsmen
Group Rendezvous
Commodore Dinner
Carnival
Annual Fish Derby
Reno Night
Annual Picnic
All Female Race Crew
Tree Trim Brunch
Crab Dinner
Tijuana Night
Family Membership
Kathie Hammer, Museum Founder
Sep 1930
1931
Oct 1935
Oct 1935
Oct 1935
Oct 1936
Oct 1936
Oct 1936
Mar1949
Jun 1956
Jul 1958
Jul 1958
Feb 1963
Jun 1966
Aug 1967
Sep 1967
Jul 1967
Oct 1968
Sep 1972
Sep 1973
Oct 1975
Dec 1978
Feb 1978
Sep 1985
May1987
1994
8 Bells
(In Memoriam)
1934, The Sausalito is under tow, heading for the Delta
Her steam engine & stack have been removed.
(Bay Bridge in the background)
In Memoriam
(Listed Alphabetically)
This page is "work in progress", photos, eulogies, tidbits welcome.
Adkerson. Tina passed April 25, 2022
Alcorn, Ann Marie passed July 19, 2021
Batchelor, Rex passed July 25, 2001
Benson, Bobby passed June 10, 1999
Bond, Wilemina passed, date unknown
Brayton, George passed March 24, 2021
(Life Member)
Brown, Wendell passed September 6, 2002
Calhoun, Jerry passed November 25, 2018
Campo, Victor passed March 21, 2020
Campo, Elsie passed December 7, 2020
(Life Members)
Carr, Bill passed June 28, 2013
Carrion, Joe Passed April 2018
Carrion, Vera passed December 3, 2012
Carroll, Dorothy passed January 25, 2013
(Dorothy is mother of PC Chuck Carroll,
grandmother of Mike & Charlie Carroll)
Chappell, Clayton (Bud) passed February 15, 2008
Chapman, Barbara passed September 2, 2015
(Barbara is mother of Tony Chapman)
Chamberlain, Tandy born June 23, 1939, passed September 17, 2016, age 77.
(Commodore 1991)
Chamberlain, Jerry passed January 2023
(First lady 1991)
(Life Members)
Colbrandt, Irwin passed July 15, 2004
Colbrandt, Diane passed January 16, 2014
Coach, William F. (Bill), Born April 8, 1934, Passed November 22, 2024
Collins, Arlene passed February 7, 2021
(SYC 1st lady 1987)
(Life Member)
Crisp, Edith passed September 2006
Cook, Marlene passed August 15, 2010
(SYC 1st lady 1990)
Davidson, Dave passed April 20, 2016
(Life Member)
Davidson, Helen born December 9, 1937, passed December 19, 2014, age 77.
Dawson, Virginia passed August 29, 1992
Dawson, Clark passed July 1, 1990
Dawson, Gwen passed October 13, 2008
(Parents of PC Jim & Greg Dawson)
Doell, Bob passed January 1, 1998
(Commodore 1998)
Doolin, Lorri passed September 8, 2022
(1st woman to serve as SYC Commodore, 1995)
(Life Member)
Dunbar, Kelly passed August 15, 2006
(Daughter of PC Carol Hager)
Eggers, Byron born April 18, 1949, passed December 5, 2023
Elledge, Ed passed February 23, 2013
English, Chuck passed December 18, 2016
English, Ann passed September 6, 2023
Essary, Neal passed January 6, 2021
(Life Member)
Felizianetti, Walter passed April 1, 2003
Ferrari, Albi passed May 2008
(Life Member)
Fernandez, Steve passed June 17, 2014
(Life Member)
Fitzgerald, Gerard (Jerry) Born October 9, 1934, passed May 8, 2024
Commodore 1997
(Life Member)
Fraser, Bill passed August 29, 2019
Fraser, Betty passed December 29, 2008
Fredrickson, Lurch passed July 7, 2024
Furno, Bud passed April 25, 2002
Furno, Shirley passed August 21, 2012
Gaines, Tom Passed February 2020
Gibson, Alice passed November 20, 2021
(SYC 1st lady 2003)
(Life Member)
Goldsmith, Jerry passed January 30, 2013
Greer, George passed April 24, 2021
(George is father of Natalie Greer)
(Life Member)
Gutierrez, Guadalupe (Pito) passed December 10, 2014
Haines, Mardi passed September 28, 2013
Hammer, Kathie passed September 25, 2019
(SYC 1st lady 1994)
Hammer, Keith passed June 19, 2023
Commodore 1994
Parents of 1991 PC Mike Hammer
(Life Members)
Hardy, Doug passed February 2007
Harrington, Bob Passed October 19, 2002
Harrington, Jan passed November 14, 2016
Henderson, Bill passed January 19, 2002
Henderson, Henriette passed September 26, 2014
Hetzel, E.W. (Buster) passed November, 2000
Hill, Jim passed August 20, 2020
Horton, Doug passed September 20, 2022
(Commodore 2016)
Hoy, Walt passed October 13, 2012
(Life Member)
Huard, Eugene (Moe) passed December 3, 2000
(Life Member)
Huard, Elise passed April 22, 2015
(Elise turned 100 years old August 30, 2012)
Hunter, John passed January 4, 2021
(Life Member)
Kelley, Loretta passed December 2003
Kelley, Buster passed November 2000
Kinder, Frank passed August 21,2007
Kinder, Mary passed December 2013
Kotecki, Chuck born February 3, 1928, passed March 9, 2009, age 81.
Kreiss, Rod passed July 22, 2012
Krummen, Patrick passed January 11, 2021
Kuhnle, Robert passed September 2013
(Life Member)
Kuhnle, Doris passed September 21, 2014
Lackey, Darrell passed May 4, 2013
Lamphear, Zeb Passed March 14, 2009
Lamphear, Olga passed January 23, 2008
Landis, Bert passed March 28, 2009
(Commodore 1972)
Landis, Ellie passed August 12, 2010
(Life Members)
Larson, Borise passed September 27, 2009
Larson, Sylvia passed July 22, 2004
(Parents of PC Diane Essary)
Larosee, Kathy born December 12, 1951, passed February 28, 2021, age 70.
Lawhorn, Elvis passed June 17, 2020
Lawhorn, Carol passed September, 2022
(Life Members)
Leah, Gori (Lena) passed September 2000
Lenz, Bob passed March 10, 2012
Lively, Sherry passed May 25, 2015
(Commodore 2007)
Lobao, Dodie passed December 2018
London, Lynn passed January 27,2013
Lubimir, John passed June 15, 2017
(Life Member)
Lynch, Bernie passed October 14, 2012
(High jumping off Don Pedro Bridge)
MacLean, Tom Passed March 31, 2011
(Life Member)
Maguire, Ruth passed January 1998
(Life Member)
Masters, George passed February 28, 2003
Masters, Estelle Ann (Lita) passed June 4, 2005
Matheron, Earl passed April, 1998
(Commodore 1974)
Matheron, Clay passed November 14, 2001
McClure, Bob passed October 21, 2002
McClure, Juanita passed October 15, 1995
McCoy, Jim passed September 13, 2014
(Life Member)
McDougall, Dave passed July 2016
Mills Jr, O (Sonny) passed September 1991
Millecam, Kay passed December, 2004
Miller, Rod passed August 12, 2024
Minick, Dwayne passed March 7, 2017
(Life Member)
Minick, Virginia passed September 25, 2007
(Parents of PC Mike Minick)
Murphy, Ray passed December 29, 2016
(Commodore 1981)
(Life Member)
Negherbon, Rudy passed February 12, 1992
Nelson, Marge passed in 2003
Nelson, Jim passed March 8, 2004
Nelson, Shirley passed December 7, 2005
Nerby, Mary passed September 24, 2016
Newton, Heather passed March 7, 2021
Nicholas, Steve passed October 4, 2013
(Life Member)
(Father of Steve Jr.)
Olvera, Gilbert born June 3, 1924, passed August 27, 2016, age 92
(Commodore 1965)
(Life Member)
Pacheco, Dee born November 14, 1928, passed August 28, 2006, age 77
Pacheco, Larry born September 27, 1926, passed February 13, 2019, age 92.
(Life Members)
(Parents of Kathy Kaiwi, Larry is brother of Murial Telles & Dolores Swart)
Parker, Harry passed April 23, 2019
Parsons, Jane passed May 20, 2017
(Contra Costa Times honored Jane as 2015 Citizen of the Year for Lifetime Achievement.)
Pato, Vernette passed December 6, 2016
Pato, Bill passed July 2, 2023
Pekonen, Herb passed May 24, 2006
(Commodore 1986)
(Life Member)
Perryman, Dan passed October 22, 2011
Peters, Dick passed January 18, 2002
Phillips, Beverly passed September 3, 2001
Raines, Rod passed September 14, 2005
(Life Member)
Ramirez, Carol passed February 15, 2003
Ramer, Myron passed 2001
(Life Member)
Rasmussen, Elaine passed September 9, 2024
Reece, Frank passed September 22, 2015
Redfern, Jerry passed July 24, 2021, 95 Years old.
(Commodore 1978)
(Father of Joyce DeCato)
Ridolfi, Garry passed April 9, 2020
(Commodore 2011)
Rush, Carl passed May 5, 2001
Russo, Ron born November 8, 1936, passed August 14, 2021
(Ron is Don Lucido’s 1st cousin)
Salva, Ray passed May 29, 2010
Sannebeck, Terry born July 1, 1944, passed June 26, 2014, age 69.
(Commodore 1970)
(Life Member)
Saunders, Bob passed September, 2014
(Commodore 1983)
(Actual date of death unknown, found dead at home by daughter,
police estimate that he may have been dead for a week,)
Scannell, Paul passed January 26, 2024
(Commodore 1984)
(Life Member)
Schneider, Bert passed November 29, 2015
(Life Member)
Sciacqua, George passed, date unknown
(Commodore 1969)
Sebers, Mary passed April 5, 2023
Selvy, Dave born May 22, 1942, passed November 27, 2023
(Commodore 2004)
Shyne, Bill passed November 2, 2007
Sieben, Erik passed August 19, 2019
Steele, Jackie passed Jan 16, 2021
Snelson, Dick passed 1997
(Treasurer thru 1990)
Sterud, Neil passed September 14, 2011
Sterud, Evonne passed November 8, 2006
Strom, Bud passed 1989
(Commodore 1966)
Strom, Ethel (Tinkerbelle) passed October 2, 2000, age 86 years
(Life Members)
Suniga, Wanda passed February 20, 2008
Swenson, Carl passed December 17, 2009
Telles, Ray born December 17, 1928, passed August 16, 2016, age 87.
Telles, Murial passed February 24, 2020
(Murial is sister of Dolores Swart & Larry Pacheco)
Toms, Steve passed March 10, 2017
Torres, John passed August 15, 2015
(Life Member)
Trombetta, Chuck passed April 24, 2013
Trombetta, Ruth passed July 18, 2020
Turner, Lyman passed September 10, 2003
Turner, Madlyn passed January 19, 2000
Tyler, Lilyan passed March 16, 2003
(Lilyan is mother of Jerry Chamberlain)
Wallen, Bob passed December 13, 2018
Wallen, Melanie passed, date unknown
Wanaka, Margaret passed December 4, 2006
Wanaka, Fred passed, date unknown
(Fred was CoCo County Tax Assessor)
Werner, John passed December, 1999
Wheeler, Max passed July 17, 2019
Wheeler, Mary passed July 25, 2019
White, Tom passed, date unknown
(Commodore 1989)
Williams, Robert passed September 15, 2021
(Master Sergeant, United States Army)
Williams, Sandra, born November 26, 1945, passed October 27, 2024
Wills, Bill passed March 12, 2005
Wood, Al passed January 27, 2012
Wood, Steve passed October 29, 2001
Worrell, Bill passed October 28, 2017
Worrell, Sharon passed February 27, 2017
(Life Members)
Worrell, Shawn passed February 19, 2002
(Son of Bill & Sharon Worrell)
York, Ron passed October 7, 2009
Zobb, Lou passed November 7, 2014
(Commodore 2002)
Zobb, Belynda Born January 26,1949, Passed April 3, 2023
Arriving at the North West Pacific pier in Sausalito August 1, 1926
In the Oakland Estuary during Alameda Mole Period 1931-1933 (SP service) San Francisco Ferry Building to Alameda Pier.
Providing Ferry Service for Passengers and Automobiles
Since 1939, she has served as the Clubhouse for Sportsmen Yacht Club
(Check out “Sportsmen Yacht Club History”)
Matt's January 2020 Article
The following 12 part history was first published 45 years ago, in 1975, in what was then called the Sportsmen Bulletin. It was then repeated again five years ago in our Newsletter, but I am sure that you will all enjoy its contents and historical perspectives once again as much as I have. As your new Historian, I have been perusing many such items that have been collected in our museum over the years and would like to share some of these with you from time to time, for while some of our members have been around the Club for many years, many of us, myself included, are not fully aware of all that has transpired in the growing and building of this wonderful Club.
Part I: Early Days of Sportsmen Inc.
One sultry September evening in 1930, W. C. McCullock assembled a group of Sportsmen together in the basement of his sporting goods store in Oakland for the express purpose of organizing a functional club of sportsmen. Those present at this momentous meeting were – H.W. Wilson, J.J. Scannel, Mr. Moots and Dick Pratt.
The men were drawn together by a common bond; they were all members of a rival sportsmen club. The club they thought was defunct in its obligation to demands of sportsmen. This little group of men with a wide perspective of the future was determined to create an organization that would cater to the needs and desires of sportsmen.
The first order of business was the selection of a name. Mr. McCulloch offered a rod and reel as a prize to the individual submitting the best name. Mr. Moots theorized that the primal aim of the organization was to promote activities to coordinate the interest of sportsmen in all fields of endeavor. Therefore the name “Sportsmen” offered the broadest implication of diversified interest.
The second aim of the organization was to offer its membership the greatest possible protection financially. Mr. Moots pointed out this could best be accomplished by incorporating the organization, thereby limiting the individual member’s obligation to a confined sphere of responsibility. Both of these aims being of fine merit, giving rise to the combination of the two, producing the name “Sportsmen Inc.” This name and the theories behind it were quickly adopted. The name “Sportsmen Inc.” is unique among similar organizations in that it does not limit the club geographically nor does it restrict it in its aim and purpose.
Charles W. Fisher petitioned Sacramento for incorporation of “Sportsmen Inc.” On September 5, 1931, the petition was granted and “Sportsmen Inc.” became a full fledged legalized corporation in the State of California.
HISTORY PART 2 next month!
Matt's February 2020 Article
Continuing on from last month’s History of Sportsmen Yacht Club, here is Part 2 from a Sportsmen “Bulletin” dated February 1975:
“In the minutes of the December 19, 1931, meeting of Sportsmen you can see that the membership was already launching a campaign for better sportsmen legislation. A letter was sent to Governor Jim Ralph urging adequate appointments to the Fish and Game Commission and passage of Bill 672 (prohibiting the selling of striped bass as a commercial venture). This letter, plus letters to similar organizations and the solicitations of commercial markets, gave Sportsmen the distinct honor of spear heading an attack that gained such force that the net result was inevitable. The Club can well be proud of the effort of this action, for it was the biggest single bit of legislation in this state to protect the abundance of striped bass for our enthusiastic anglers.
As the progressive organization gained momentum, its founders still held to their original aim of providing its members with a recreational area. It was a plot of ground facing the San Joaquin River and stretching out through the sand dunes to Wilbur Road. After a thorough investigation of the site by the membership, it was unanimously agreed to lease this site from Ben Morris. On July 1, 1932, a lease was negotiated and one of the Club’s earliest dreams became a reality. This was the fundamental step that started a chain reaction that to this day is paramount in the acquiring and improving of accommodations for members of Sportsmen.
The leasing of the site proved an immediate success as was evidenced by the many picnics and gatherings perpetrated at the grounds. This memorable improvement was not without financial complications. The Club rose to meet this condition with the spirit and understanding that has marked its steady progress throughout the years. The initiation fee of $5.00 was raised to $10.00; however, the annual dues of $6.00 was maintained. The ensuing year was one of great rejoicing, the amiable comradeship of the fast growing membership was expressed in bountiful Cioppino dinners, frolicsome picnics and enjoyable Bar-B-Ques.”
(Part 3 next month.)
A photo from Sportsmen Yacht Club’s past.
This one is entitled: “A good day’s catch!”
You can check out more of our History on our web site!
Matt's March 2020 Article
Continuing on from last month’s History of Sportsmen Yacht Club, here is Part 3 from a Sportsmen “Bulletin” dated March 1975:
“Last month’s article showed how an idea in the minds of a few creative sportsmen, coupled with hard work and enthusiasm, stimulated a functional Sportsmen organization; an organization complete with its own leased recreational area.
At this point in their history, Sportsmen Inc. had advanced to a material stage far beyond the average accommodations of similar groups. These men could well have laid aside their tools of arduous labor and basked in the sunshine of their triumphal accomplishments. However, these hearty pioneers of the early 1930s were ever restless to improve their lot. Casting their eyes around for further potentialities, they hit on a novel scheme: to purchase a moveable clubhouse. This was accomplished with the purchase of the ferry boat “Sausalito.” The Sausalito was a stout mass of timbers and wood built in 1894 by the Fulton Iron Works at North Beach, (now the Marina) in San Francisco. The vessel was designed by J. Dickie for the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. She was a wooden hull boat with a copper sheathed bottom measuring 256 feet one inch overall length and 68 feet beam over guards. Ordinarily, she carried passengers in the day and freight cars at night between San Francisco and Sausalito. She had a seating capacity of 1300 and was fitted with narrow gauge tracks. In 1903, the tracks were removed and the seating capacity was increased to 1500 and she continued in passenger service between the same points until her retirement in 1931.”
History Part 4 next month.