Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20
PRINCESS winner
IN YACHT RAGE
Good Start Made BY All
Boats, Which Were
Well Handled.
TIMES OF PASSING
The DIFFERENT POINTS
Cupid'S Flyer OutpOintS Others Al
All Stages Of the Race
MOtt-Smith's 0iO Joins
At the Finish.

One OF the prettiest starts over seer
in a yacht race was witnessed on tn.
bay yesterday when the FIVE third
class boats, the Princess, Prince Gu
pid: Vike, Ned Crabbe; Kahupa, Lot
kaulukou; Myrtle. Geo. CroZier, and
Hihimanu, Commodore T. W. Hebron
! went over the limo In the order named
with less than five seconds between
che first and last boat.
There was O fair wind blopinsout the
channel and the boats had an oppOr.
tunlty to use their Epinnakers. The
Myrtle, Vike, Hihimanu set theirs but
the Princess and Kahuna used only
their regular sails. In the start the
Princess had little the best of Il and
continued In the lead To the bell buoy.
The start was made at 80 by the
judges time but the times following
except the finishing time were taken
from watch which read 2:45 when the
start was made. The positions Of the
boats with their times at different
points will be interesting TO both
yachtsmcn and others interested in the
sport
At the spar buoy the Princess pass.
ed first at 2:i9, Myrtle 2:49:5O, HIhi.
manu- 2:A9:b2, Vike $50. Kahuna. tow
ing boat, 2:bl:l0. At the bell the
boats were In the same positions eX-
cept the Hihlmanu and vike which
changed places, tn" latter rounding
before Warehouses; boat which with
her new sails In the brisk wind was
cranky. The time AZ the hell was:
Princess, 2:53:3O; Myrtle. 2:5t:50: VI.
ke, 2:55; Hlhimenu, 2:55:iO; kahuna,
2:56.
After passing the bell buoy the
Princess which was leading by about an
eighth of II mile put In on an inShors
tack while all the other boats kept on
the course for the stake boat, the Ab.
bic NJ. anchored OF the Waikiki
beach instead Of of Castles place. By
her tack the Princess gained ground II
windward hut lost the lead she had on
the Myrtle. She put about again soon
after and started out for the Ni-ke and
Myrtle which boats she rapidly over.
hauled being a good ways TO windward
The Vikn was gaining on the Myr'
tie and Princess all the time and sur
prising her competitors by the Way
she was handled. In a dash for tho
stake boat she rounded first AT
3:lS:30 the Myrtle at 3:ig and the
Princess twenty seconds later. The
IIihimanu, which had been behaving
badly and the Kahuna, had been hav-
ing II nip and tuck from the bell and
rounded the stake boat at 1922 and
3: 22:40 respectively. Before the stake
boat was reached the Kahuna for 0
time was ahead OF the Hihimanu.
As soon as they rounded the stake
the boats started OF GU the long run
To tn. dredger on Pearl IIarbor and
the little Princess showed her quail.
ties TO good advantage ms will b. seen
by the difference in time at the bell
and spar buoys on the run down. The
three leading boats were met and
Joined by Mott-Smith's Oio before the
bell was reached and she accompanied
them until they were on Kalihl.
Bell buoy pos-itions-Princsss, 3:37;
Vike, 3:39:50; oio. 3:tl; Myrtle,
3:4l:02: HlhimGnu, 3:i2:45: Kahuna
3:46; Abbie NJ, (stake boat, 3:iS:3o.
Spar buoy positions: Princess,
3:39:5s; Nike. 3;i5:29; Myrtle. 3:i7:
10; oio, 3:i7:ll; HIhimanu, 3:i9:i2;
Kahuna, 3:52:3O AbbIe ", 1855.
Between the. turn off Waikiki and
the dredger the Princess distancod the
other boats and gained lead Of about
ten minutes on the vike. The boats
finished in the following order: Prin.
cess at 4:i2; Myrtle at f:46:0O Vike
SOTO, and Hihimanu at 5:ol.