Good afternoon Jeff,
The reason City has the shark teeth in the club is because the shark that attacked the sailor costing him his leg also attack the City Surf Boat.

The senior crew was training when the attack took place so they took off after the shark (which was a tiger shark) in an attempt to harpoon it, we had harpoon in surf boats in those days. During the chase the shark tured and attacked the boat. The attack was so vigerious that the sweep had to sit down as he was afraid he would fall into the water. After the attack the crew returned to shore and found 5 teeth in the bottom of the boat.

2 hours latter the junior crew was training when the same shark returned to the beach (it could be identfied by a mark on it's nose) so the junior crew took off after the shark. The shark lept from the water into the surf boat. The junior crew lept from the boat into the water. The shark lept out of the boat back into the water. The junior crew lept from the boat back into the boat and rowed ashore.

The surf boat involved was a double ended clinker boat so with a full crew it weighted in excess of half a ton.

My source is a member of that junior boat crew (now dead) who I was on the old Board of Examiners with in the 1970's. If you are too young to know what the board of examiners was ask some of your older members at least older than 50.

When Jaws opened in Perth I sat next the survivour of that attack as I was a guest, like him, because I had survived an interesting encounter with a great white in 1967. Half way through the show he said, " I can't take any more of this s&@t" and he and his wife walked out of the show.

Best wishes,
David.