The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-17
HOW THE YACHTS SAILED.
THE EVA, HELENE AND BONNIE
DUNDEE.
Winners i'm the Other Yacht Races
Splendid y craftsmanship Shown-The
Time Shown at Different Points.

The Regatta Day yacht races were a
success. Interest was centered
chiefly in the contest of the first class
boats i'm which Oscar Whites Eva, Fred
Whitney's Helene and II. Nj. Mott
Smiths Bonnie Dundee took part. The
boats started at 11.05 with the Eva con-
siderably in the lead, the Bonnie Sec
ond and the Helene last White beat
to windward going to the stake boat off
j. b. Castles house at Diamond
Head, the Helene standing out. Whit
ney sent his boat along at a rapid rate
however and had soon passed both of
the other yachts and rounded the stake
at lbs. Four minutes later she broke
out her spinnaker and catching the full
force of the breeze ran fast before the
wind toward the second stake over the
second leg of the course. The Eva
rounded the stake at 1884 and at 11.39
3-5 broke out her spinnaker. The Bonnie
turned the stake at 11.42h and at 1l.4iA
she too broke out her spinnaker. This
was expected to prove the long suit of
the Bonnie and to take her well toward
the front as her spinnaker carried more
canvas than those of the other yachts.
For minute the Bonnie seemed to sail
through the air and the value of the
new sheet was apparent but the hoodoo
which has generally attended the boat
was with her as usual and exactly sixty
seconds after the spinnaker sheet was
thrown out 1t was carried away With
the other yachts carrying their full
complement of canvas the loss of the
extra sheet practically threw the Bonnie
out of the contest but Commodore Mer-
ry although hurt in the back when the
flying boom swung round, stuck by the
tiller and trailed the other craft.
Down the second leg of the course 1t
looked as If the Helene was running
away from the Eva but she was not.
White was able to keep to windward
while the Helene made the mistake of
standing out too far The result was
that White gained full nearly a minute
on the other boat and rounded the sec
ond stake boat off Pearl Harbor at II.
As 20 the Helene having turned at 1912:
30. The Bonnie turned at 1880. 1t was
by hugging to windwarad that the Eva
was able to win the race on the second
course. The Helene stood out too far,
planning to round the bell buoy with
one tack. AS it was when the bell buoy
was reached the Eva was so far inside
that she rounded it at 147 30 while the
Helene which was standing off half
mile turned at 1.50.50 and the Bonnie at
2.09. The Helene gained at first slightly
on the Eva lacking into the harbor but
Whites craft was soon able to show
her heels and responded without a hitch
to every tack winning the race in 3
hours minutes 20 seconds. The Hele-
mes sailing time was hours minutes
and Sc seconds and the Bonnies hours
26 minutes 56 seconds.
In the second class race between w
i. WilcoX'S Hawaii and T. w. Hobron's
Dewey the former won in hours 45
minutes 50 seconds. The latter sailed
the cuorse in hours 40 minutes and 10
seconds. This was very pretty race
and but for the wind dying down on
the last leg the yachts would have made
better time.
In the third class which was sailed
over a much shorter course G.. A. Gro
zers Myrtle beat Prince David's new
Vi-ke by about % minutes. H. B. Pen
hallow's Opitsah was third.
H. p. Williams PolIii won the fourth
class. H. NJ. BOWS Abbe M second. S.
M. Dowsett's Edith L, third S. John
sons Skip last.