The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-07-06

Helene . l h. m. Il sec.
The light wind in the channel was
greatly taken advantage of by the
captain of the Hawaii in the setting
of light sails in the run out, none be-
ing used by either Healani or Spray.
The start of the Helene some four
minutes behind seemed to presage
rear position throughout and but lit
tie interest was taken in her progress
to the spar buoy. The Hawaii ar
rived off the spar buoy and was
hauled on the wind at III. I'm. 50s.
the Healani, her sister rival, Cloth
boats being Hawaiian built and by
the same maker, Mr.. Thomas Soren
sony turning the same point half
minute later, the Spray minute and
a quarter behind the leading boat
and three quarters Of a minute be-
hind the Healani, while the Helene
hauled in the wind little over three
minutes behind the leader and but
two minutes behind the Spray.
And now was presented a pretty
mariRe picture as the four white
winged racers, followed in line, close
hauled off the reef-bound shore of
Waikiki for the next point of depar-
ture, the Bell buoy.
Space will not permit of description
in detail of the particular points of
interest which occurred during the
first reach to windward, but the in
tense interest displayed by the
guests on the Eleu, which followed
i'll the wake of the flying deep-sea
racers, as evinced by their constant
ly recurring EXPLANATIONS Of "Ha,
Thurston has had to huff her -
"Will Wilcox weather the buoy?"
"rheir gaff top, abs will throw them
over" 1.-The Helene is over!" "No,
she ISM h." "Just watch her, those
fellows will have to swim for it,"
etc., etc., cannot but show that there
was strong Waikiki br>rze present
and that the yachts were being press
ed for all they were worth. Several
times ON the run the decks Of the
two leading yachts could be eyn at
an angle of 45 :, each of the lee rails
under and the crews hugging the
windward rail in d loving embrace.
And so they ran on from the Spar
to the stake boat off Waikiki, the
Hawaii having little trouble with
her balloon jib off the Bell buoy, and
the Helene being in heaps of trouble
both from her main and flying jib
and gaff topsail. The Hawaii turned
the Waikiki stake boat nearly two
minutes ahead of the Healani, the
latter boat rounding four minutes
ahead of the Spray and six minutes
before the Helene. From this point
out although the Spray, very clever
ly handled, winded the Helene and
rounded the stake in advance, yet
the sign of the shamrock was no
longer Gin it,, for, when the other
competitors,
With free sheet and a flowing sea,
And wind that followed fast,
we're flying rapidly by the cocoa
fringed shores of Waikiki the Spray
was then practically retired and did,
later on, draw out of the race.
The run to leeward was unevent-
full, the Hawaii hauling her wind at
the stake boat off Kalihi, al 2h. l4m.
35s., the Healani at Oh. I'm. sos,
the Helene closing the procession at
Oh. som. The inshore reaches To
windward by both of the leading
boats were exciting,as both Captains
Thurston and Wilcox ran their boats
inside the line of blind rollers as
could be well viewed by the pitching
done by both yachts.
The yachts reached the Bell buoy
again after their interesting run
around the watery triangular race
course, of twenty miles, within two
minutes of each other, the Hawaii
leading, the same distance about, in
time, as was noticed in their passing
the same point on their outer trip,
congratulations being freely extend
ed by horns, etc., in honor of the
staying qualities of the Healani,
Both captains, ThurstOn aud Will
COX, knew the channel and harbOr
equally well and the boats were
similarly handled in the passage and
along the inner harbor.
Excitement again ran high when,
! almost at the point of arrival, the