Information for Yachtsmen
Panama - Pacific International Exposition San Francisco 1915

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR YACHTSMEN YACHT CLUBS There are seven yacht clubs which have their clubhouses in the immediate vicinity of San Francisco: the San Francisco and Sau- salito clubs with clubhouses at Sausalito, the Corinthian at Belve- dere, the Encinal and Aeolian with clubhouses at Alameda, the California with clubhouse at Berkeley, and the Vallejo Yachting and Rowing Club with clubhouse at Vallejo. NAVAL FEATURES The Exposition grounds, fronting San Francisco Bay and directly adjoining Fort Mason on one side and the Presidio on the other, are ideally located for both military and naval displays and the serious study of all matters pertaining to any branch of those services. Directly east of the grounds are the newly completed Transport Docks, from which sails the Government fleet to the nation’s island possessions in the Pacific. The Exposition, commemorating as it does the completion of the Panama Canal, naturally calls for a fitting representation of the navies of the world. That the United States Government real- ized the importance of having the Navy adequately represented in 1915 is evidenced by the fact that on March 4, 1911, four years previous to the date set for the opening, a bill was passed request- ing the President to invite all maritime nations to send fleets to Hampton Roads in 1915, there to be reviewed by the President before proceeding via the Panama Canal to San Francisco. An international naval pageant will be one of the most spec- tacular events of the Exposition. Anchored directly off the Exposi- tion site will be ships flying the flags of all the maritime nations of the world as will be, also, practically the entire United States fleet, together with vessels of historical interest. Ample opportunity will be afforded visitors to the Exposition to visit the men-of-war, an especially constructed yacht harbor having been built in the grounds for the accommodation of those who may wish to go on board the vessels of the great international fleet. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS San Francisco will provide ample hotel accommodations in 1915, and at reasonable rates. A census just completed by the San Fran- cisco Chamber of Commerce shows 2023 hotels and apartment and rooming houses in the city, an increase of 786 or about 64 per cent in three years. Besides the hotel dining rooms and grills, the Cham- ber of Commerce census shows 767 restaurants and cafes, an increase of 110, or 17 per cent during the past year. Of the hotels more than 90 per cent are new, with such modern conveniences in every room as the telephone, hot and cold water, steam heat and electric lights. Among the great hotels that rank with the best in New York or London, are the new Palace with 700 rooms, the Fairmont 11