The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-10-31
THE TOLNA REACHES HONOLULU
FLYING TIE AMERICAN
FLAG.
A Series of Receptions viii be Given
on the Handsome Yacht

The trim little American yacht
Tolna, under command of an Amer
lean lady, Countess Festetics de
Tolna, arrived in Honolulu harbor
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
She came in flying the American
| flag and the colors of the San Fran
cisco yacht club, the Tolna belong
ing to that club.
A representative of the ADvER-
T1sER boarded the yacht out in the
stream, and was met at the gang
way by a young lady whom he at
first mistook for the captains
daughter.
"May I see the captain?" asked
the reporter of the young lady, who
wore a yachting cap.
81 am the captain" was the
quick reply.
The reporter then handed her
his card, which the fair captain
took and held in her hand while
she said: eve are fifteen days out
from San Francisco, but we had
absolutely no wind. There was a
continuous heavy swell most of the
way. Had it not been for the
Gains we would have been here
earlier. This is very fast boat,
you see, in fact the fastest on the
Pacific coast. Most of the time
she made eight knots, but when
she had any kind of a breeze she
swept the waves along at a fifteen
knot rate. There is the count;
would you like to see him?"
"If you please" replied the re-
porter meekly. The lady captain
then introduced him to the count.
After the usual words of greeting
had been spoken the reporter went
below and the count showed him
the apartments of the first and
second officers, which were on each
side of the steps leading to the
cabin, which the count calls his
."parlor." Yes, it was a veritable
parlor, and in fact was much more
homelike than a fine ships cabin.
The designer of the cabin was
Page Brown, a well known San
Francisco architect, and he has
certainly well sustained his repu-
tation. The fittings and uphol-
stery work are elegant, the walls
and ceiling being of hard wood
highly polished. In the cabin are
two book cases filled with books.
The count is an amateur photo
grapher, and takes many views at
every place of call.
Forward of the cabin are the
bathroom, chartroom and bedroom.
The latter is very capacious, and is
well lighted and ventilated. For
ward Of these apartments are the
dining hall and pantry.
Count Tolna navigates the yacht, |
although his wife is the nominal
captain she signing all the papers
relating to the vessel, such as entry |
or clearing papers and the like.
The reason of this is easily &C
counted for, the yacht being Amer
lean built and consequently carries
the American flag. The count be-
ing a foreigner, the United States
marine regulations forbid his being
a captain, and so in order to avoid
that difficulty, Countess de Tolna,
an American lady, has been made
captain.
The Tolna was built by VIM.
Turner, of Benecia, California, the
builder of the clipper vessels w.
H. Dfmond, Consuelo, J. D. Spree
kels, schooner Moiwahine and
other swift sailing vessels on the
Pacific coast. Her dimensions are:
Length, 81 feet over all beam, "a
feet; draft, 10 feet; registered ton
mage, 1851.
Count de Tolna said that after
leaving this port, he will call at
Tahiti, then the South Sea islands
and probably Australia From
there he will e. to Japan, and ex-
poets to reach the Mikado's empire
early next year. From Japan the
count will return to Austria, via
the Suez canal and Mediterranean
and Adriatic seas. The count
wishes to call at rs many ports
along the Mediterra mean sea as
practicable SO that he can be home
at Vienna by the expiration of two
years from date. He wi. remain at
Vienna for some time after arrival,
and may or nay not place the
yacht under his native flag. After
hat the count and countess will |