The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-11
Brig Galilee's Hard Time.

Lying at the Channel wharf, her
white hun conspicuous for it's bright
ness, and her big boom and yards no.
Ell they indicate, is the American brig
Galilee, Captain Dinsmore.
This is the first time that the Gall
lee was ever in this port, in fact, the
| first time that she was ever in any
port other than Coast ports and ports
| in the Marquesas Islands and Tahiti.
| She is one of the boats which used to
! carry mail between San Francisco and
/ Tahiti until the old steamship Austria
| liza put them out of the business by
monopolizing it herself.
! She sailed from San Francisco on
/ February 5, bound for Honoipu. with
/ a general cargo, including two or three
/ pieces of heavy machinery, which she
! carries on her deck.
| She arrived off Honoipu on the 21til
/ of February. but was unable to put In
on account of not being able to find
mornings Vessels are moored at Ho-
/ nofpu by means of buoys. Captain
+, Dinsmore sailed his vessel along SIDE
the buoys, but found that one OF them
! had gone, and that he would be unable
to stop there. He noticed a large buoy
on the beach, beneath the cliff, and
supposed that it was being made ready
to take the place of the buoy which
had been lost.
For several days the Galilee sailed
around waiting for the opportunity of
rnoorine at Honoipu. Captain DIns-
more did not dare to trust to his amen
ors in such a place, for the bottom. is
very rocky, and he was afraid or losing
his anchors. Meanwhile heavy north
east gale was blowing, and 1t would
not have been safe to put in at Honor
pu while one of the buoys was miss
ing. as four buoys are necessary TIC
the proper mooring of the vessel.
For ten days the Galilee was blown
hither and thither and finally Captain
Dinsmore made up his mind that, mas
much as he could not get in at Ho-
noipu he had better make Honolulu
! as one of the pieces of heavy ma
chinery had worked loose on deck, anc
was threatening to break loose alto
gether and tear away the main rig
cling and crash through the bulWarks
and go overheard. probably doing more
damage than it was worth.
Captain Dinsmore says that the gait
played a merry game with the CAN
lee. and that the sturdy little Vesse
had about all that she could do to keel
: her decks out of the water, so anxiou:
were the great waves to climb aboard
. The Galilee got into port too late oil
Saturday to enter at the custom mouse
She will enter the first thing thi'
lumber on the deck of the Galilee
This will be removed and the machin
erv will be secured, after which tn
lumber will be reloaded and the YES
sci will get away for Honoipu. wher
I she will discharge her cargo. She vii
return to San Francisco with about so
- tons of sugar.
x Captain ,Dinsmore has been maste
1 of the Galilee for the last seven years
5 the brig is only about ten years old
0 This is the first time Captain Dins
more has been to these Islands.
: The GaliIee is fine looking littl
s craft of something over three hundre
: tons. She attracted good deal of at
f tention on the waterfront yesterday
> her graceful lines and tapering mast
and her big American flag catching
: the eyes of the waterfronters who hap
i pened to be along shore in their Sun
s day attire.
e Fishermen Alive and Well.
The four Portuguese fishermen, VIII
: were supposed to have been lost at Sc