The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-11
EYMOON AMONG
MANY ICEBERGS
Champigny in Port After 1872
Days Passage From
Cardiff.

After having doubled the Horn ana
! "shivered her .timbers" through big
sea of icebergs and floating ice during
a passage of 1872 days from Cardiff, the
fine French bark Champigny was
Obliged to stay off Diamond Head al
day yesterday, Gains preventing her
from making port. About 5 o'clock the
tug Fearless went out and brought
her in, the vessel berthing at the Naval
wharf at o'clock.
/ Associated with the voyage OF the
f, Champigny is pretty little story OF
honeymoon, the young skipper of the
Frenchman, Captain Bogue, having
taken unto himself a charming young
, countrywoman as wife just before the
departure of the vessel from her home
port. One sailor, who managed to talk
little English, said last night;
, "Eskipper he have re wife-both like
two small sea birds, loving each other
very much while floating over re sea.
You say honeymoon guess so, but
when 1 tell you my countreemen they
say they guess that mean get married
then two weeks good time, SO think
this be about five or six honeymoon
at one time" The crew put in a laugh
here as the second captain, the mate,
ordered the men aloft to stow the sails,
and the second and third lieutenants,
or second and third mates, as we would
call them, stood around and helped
with arms, feet, head and tongue to tell
the story of the vessels voyage.
The 'Champigny is one of the best
vessels of the French merchant fleet.
Her poop, large enough to be a vessel
by itself, is an enormous affair, and
two of her sticks are firmly planted in
it as it extends almost half the lenggn
of the vessel. The captain, his wife,
and the other officers have quarters
which would be called excellent, even
if they were located on a passenger
steamer, and the crews quarters are
also very good. Everything on the
vessel is in irst-class condition.
Steam for operating winches is laid to
almost every portion of the vessel and
even the ropes of the rigging are
hauled about by steam winches.
Tho unccn1 &c Lot
and well manned in every particular
and her voyage from Cardiff around
the Horn to this port in 1872 days is
considered a good one. After leaving
Wales the vessel had a fine trip until
she reached the equator. There she
encountered for one night a wild trop-
zeal hurricane which, however, did no
damage to her. Near the Falkland
Islands she again encountered heavy
weather, and later contrary winds kept
her for sixteen days off Cape Horn,
and during that time she experienced
all kinds of weather The vessel got
far south and for three days was sur
and sailors declare there were more
icebergs in sight than one could count
Many times the ship was in danger,
but by prompt handling always manag-
ed to get away from the bergs. She
got quite close to one big berg, which
they thought was about a mile in
length.
After leaving Cape Horn they expe-
rienced fine weather all the way to the
islands, but on arrival off Koko Head
got in calm which kept them how
ering between Koko Head and Dia-
mond head and from ten to fifteen
miles southeast of the latter during all
day yesterday.
The captains wife enjoyed her
honeymoon immensely, but learned
that that she had to encounter many
extremes of weather. The vessel left
England during the height of the fine
northern summer. and a short time
after struck the hot weather of the
tropics. A few days more brought
them southwark far enough SO that she
began to experience the cold, and by
the time that they had got off Cape
Horn the weather was very e,!d
There was much ice and snow, and for
nearly a month Madame MAD enough
experience to tell in drawing rooms for
months after she returns to France
Coming up through the Pacific she
says that the climate became very
agreeable and she anticipates pleas
ant stay in Honolulu.
The people of the Champigny are
real French" and the 'cnef" of the
vessel could be seen promenading her
decks last night with wooden clogs on
his feet that made one imagine that
sailors during their watch below would
have hard time sleeping with the
rat-a-rat-tat of those wooden pumps"
going about the vessels deck
The Champigny will discharge a per-