The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-15
YACHT MALOLO
For Senator WatGflOlSe and
His Son.
DESIGNED BY W. W. CAMPBELL
Came from Yokohama on
the Belgic.
A Fine Craft in Every Respect.
To be Used for Pleasure,
Not Racing.

The Belgic, which arrived Tuesday
morning, brought a fine yacht for Sen
ator Henry Waterhouse and his son
Harry. It was designed by W. W.
Campbell of Yokohama, commodore of
the Mosquito Yacht Club of that city,
and was built by the Yokohama Engi-
neering and Iron Works. In every re-
spect the yacht is nicely-built one,
and suits the owners well.
Following are the specifications I'M
der which the yacht was built: % #
over all and fl. beam; fin keel of
Sin. steel or iron plate, #. deep by
4 #. long at foot and #. 8 in. at top,
and to be bolted on through properly
adjusted angle irons and a galvanized
iron plate on inside of keelson to re-
ceive bolts; lead bulb weighing $50
lbs; planking SIN red sugi and fas-
tened together with ribbons; frames
S in. apart, g in. thick and ~ in.
wide; deck laid with white wood not
exceeding 215 in. wide nor less than q
in. thick; l ice chest and lockers
lined with zinc; water-tight tanks;
boat, copper fastened and with as few
butts as possible; furnished with
mast, gaff, boom, bowsprit and spin
maker boom; 4 brass chain plates and
4 brass turnbuckles and brass cross
tree body, with wooden arms; pin rail
for Delaying halliards for side of
mast; entirely painted within and
without; locker for life preserver and
megaphone; scuppers from top side
seats to carry of water.
Of course, there are many other
small specifications, but only the prin-
cipal ones are inserted to show what
the yacht is.
The yacht has been called the Ma
lolo,'' or Flying Fish" Already a blue
flag with white letters spelling the
name has been sent in to the owners.
The following in regard to the yacht
was sent by the builders:
There are many points which, to
make this boat a success and TO enable
you to thoroughly reap the benefits of
the inventions and ideas which have
put on her, require rather careful at
tention.
Il shall begin with the bow and ask
you TO please bear with me, if re-
quest you TO do one or two things
which probably professional boat
builder would not think of asking a
purchaser to attend to.
TO begin with, the boat is thor
oughly well built from stem to stern,
entirely copper fastened, hardwood
keel, one length frames and battens
Tor ribbons). She has two pine
stringers, hardwood seats and fittings,
hardwood covering boards and center
deck boards. She has four water-tight
zinc tanks. Her lockers are lined with
zinc, to insure extra safety and keep
things dry. She has megaphone box
and megaphone and a flag locker.
Before sailing the Malolo, will you
please see that the bob-stay under the
bowsprit is well and strongly bowsted
down? There will be a great strain on
this because of the heavy mast and
large sail. ! want you, please, to rake
the mast about six inches Eat top),
thus: (a) Farther forward. This can
easily be done by getting your boat
carpenter to lengthen the step-hole a
wee bit at the after side and filling up
the forward end. The reason is that
the sail viii fit better and the boom
be higher out of the water at the clew."
The Malolo was not built to Guido
any of the fast yachts here, but simply
for pleasure. Her owners are looking
forward with pleasant anticipation to
the first trip to Pearl Harbor
Together with the Malolo came a
baby yacht, wee bit of craft, called
the Hataru, meaning Firef1y. She was
built to win the Jubilee cup for sail
ing yachts, and she did it. The Hataru
is only four months old and very well
built.