The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-25
The Gladys Wins in a PlenO'
mGlal Trial Of Speed.
BOTH YACHTS CAME IN TOGETHER
But La Paloma Was Unable to
Ing Time of Both Yachts.

Much interest was taken in the start
of the race between the yachts Gladys
and La Paloma last Saturday after
neon and many people wended their
way to the waterfront to see the two
white-winged racers get off. The start
was made very close to O'Clock and
on passing the light house the two YES
sells were nearly abreast. Soon after
getting to the spar buoy the Gladys
passed the La PalOma and at sunset
lost sight of her. the La Paloma being
away off to leeward. The Gladys then
bore straight away for the Melokai
light and passed that point at II p. m.
She was thenbecalmed to a. m. She
then stood over to Lanai and made
the first tack up the channel at 4:30
a. M; then stood over to Molokai and
made straight runEfor Lahaina which
she reached at 1o:45 yesterday morn
| ing Up to that time she had seen
nothing of La Paloma since the pre-
vious afternoon, and that vessel had
not showed up at Lahaina.
After lunch at Lahaina the Gladys
started at II noon sharp on her re-
turn trip to this port, which she ex-
pected to reach before midnight.
| Soon after leaving Lahaina LasPa-
Iona was sighted about eight miles
towards Lanai.
On the home trip the wind was very
l hlnyxyino haIf oa1 q
in the channel with a big sea running.
| The Gladys reached the spar buoy at
| 10: OF, and on entering the channel was
surprised to see the La Paloma ahead.
| She soon overlook her and the two YES
sells passed the lighthouse together.
The La Paloma, however, had been
closer than was imagined by those on
the Gladys, and had actually passed her
off Koko Head, reaching the spar buoy
about 10 minutes ahead of the Gladys,
but it was so dark that the vessels
could not make each other out.
Coming in the channel the Gladys
passed the La Paloma just before she
got to the light house and the two yes
sells finished almost in the same rela-
tive positions as when they started
! Saturday after sailing fully 200 miles
from port to port.
The exact sailing time of the Gladys
was 80 hours and 80 minutes, exclusive
of / hour and Is minutes stop at La
haina When the Gladys rounded the
buoy at Lahaina she fired a gun as
agreed on and boatload of people
came off to invite her crew on shore.
Many people also viewed the yacht
| from the shore, the first racing yacht
many of them had ever seen. l.. A.
| Thurston was one of those who boarded
the Gladys at Lahaina.
The La Paloma did not sail the
course agreed on. She went to La
haina all right but could not round
the buoy, although she spent just %
minutes in a calm trying to do SO. She
then gave it up and squared away for
home, leaving Lahaina at 2:15. She
made the spar buoy about 10 minutes
before the Gladys on her first attempt
but mad 10 make a snort tack 10 get
into the channel, which allowed the
Gladys to catch up with her and the
two yachts came down the channel and
passed the light house almost stimuli
taneously.
The La Paloma's actual sailing time
was 81 hours and 40 minutes. Allow
ing her. the 50 minutes she lost in try
ing to round the buoy at Lahaina the
Gladys won 200 mile race in just %
minutes. The figures given above are
obtained from members Of both crews
and are correct. The La Paloma, not
having rounded the Lahaina buoy, has
no claim on the race, but the figures
are given to show the remarkably
close actual sailing time of the two
yachts The La Paloma struck the
same calm in the early morning that
the Gladys did, and if anything lost
more time by it.