Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-08-10 | Page 5 | Lover of Yachting

SALT LAKE r L. L SKETCHES 1 S r J Lover of f Yachting v S Building Boats and Sailing Them on Salt 5 Lake Lak Is Hobby of A. A G. G Sims If Utah Ulah becomes a yachtsmen's paradise it will be through the efforts of such men 3 as A. A G. G Sims of ot Second avenue tre treasurer surer of the Salt Lake City Yacht club With building yachts and sailing them as his hobby Mr Sims one of Salt SaIt Lake Lak City's ard ardent nt sportsmen is bending every e effort rt to make Utah noted for its facilities for yachting A lover of this his sport since boyhood boyhood boy boy- hood days near Lond London n England Mr Sims can always be found und somewhere on Great Salt lake in his catboat Annabel on Saturdays and Sundays Sundays Sun Sun- days when he 1 Is not nol at his daily dally work in the accounting department of ot the Oregon Short Line railroad While yachting Is a i a great sport in England he declared it is more popular over here More persons can afford to take up the sport in the United States It is in its Infancy in inthis inthis inthis this section and no doubt will be one of at major importance Why the people in Salt Lake City have one ne of the finest inest bodies bodies' of water water Great Great Salt SaIt lake for lake for boating and yachting In the countI coun count I try Its It's certainly one of ot the safest latest he ic caid Mr Sims built bum his own boat and andIn andIn In n the he winter months spends most of his time constructing model yachts which he presents to his his' friends as gifts He also has contributed ma mao many articles on yachting ting on on n Great Salt lake ake to various sportsmens sportsmen's magazines maga maga- sines which have advertised this section sec sec- tion Ion all over the country In addition he is isa a cartoonist of note He points out that one of the greatest great grea est obstacles i in preventing more snore enthusiasm en concerning yachting and boating seating on n Great Salt SaIt lake is the lack of facilities such as docks and a pIer These esc will eventually be developed he 36 believes Mr Sims also finds time to take care of ot his duties as president of the Union Pacific Old Timers' Timers club No 12 of ot Salt Lake City He has been with the system for more than 2 25 years 17 of which have been spent spen In Salt Lake City with the Oregon Short Line railroad