The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-04
IN SOUTHERN SEAS
A Cruise Around the Island of Oahu.
A Prize Story.
BY ALLAN DUNN.

The following interesting account OF
a yachting cruise around the island OF
Oahu appeared in a recent issue OF
Forest and Stream" the big sports
mems paper of the United States, as
the winner of the third prize in their
open competition to which contributions
were sent by the big navy of American
yachtsmen- The writer, Allan Damn.
received special editorial comment on
the seamanship and general interest of
the article which is based on the Ha-
wall Yacht Clubs Around Oahu race
OF last year As it originally appeared
the story was profusely illustrated from
excellent photographs taken on the trip.
There are few places where the Amer
1can yachtsman can better enjoy his sport
than III the Territory of Hawaii. From
a catboat to an auxiliary two-sticker.
from the smooth inland waters to the
deep chested pillows of the open sea. all
varieties OF the enjoyment that comes
from the combination of a stick. a sheet.
and sail, are his; with the addition of
a year long season, steady breezes, per-
petual summer and infinite variety of
sea and land Let me tell the tale of
simple cruise amid Pacific Island waters.
where the Stars and Stripes flies domin-
ant, that may give faint and fleeing
glimpse of yachting in Hawaiian seas
and, perhaps, tempt some brother sailor
to come down and share Our pleasures.
1t was bully summer weather in the
last week of September; there is always
a trade blowing and summer sun
shining in the Territory of Hawaii, T.
). A, as we ran down in the train
from Honolulu to the Peninsula, Pearl
City, where, on the shores of the big
inland waters, so soon to become a
famous anchorage and site for u. s.
naval station, the club house OF the
Hawaii Y. c. IS situated and many of
its craft are moored in the brackish
waters
The almost completed schedule of the |
seasons racing had brought forth many
pleasant cruises and close contests, but /
the present occasion was the first real |
holiday of the year and the most i'm |
portant cruise. The owners and regular |
Corinthian crews of three of the first |
raters of the fleet had long contemplated |
a cruising race around the Island of |
Oahu, a total distance of IoS nautical |
miles on various points of sailing we'll |
calculated to test the best qualities of |
each competitor, but business engage
nents had hitherto stalled off the date
Now, however, all was arranged and
the eleven O'Clock train took down the
captain and crews of La Paloma and
Gladys, with the members of the regatta
committee appointed to their boats, to
at the club house at the head
Al |
from the sea. The owner of the Helene |
was detained in town until the last mini
lite and all had agreed to meet off the
recently dredged channel to the harbor,
md make the start from that point at
i've o'clock IN the early evening with the
expectation of making the first leg of
he race by early daylight the next MORN
ng and there spending the day ashore.
The Hawaii Y c. has eight craft
whose over all length reaches soft, and
our of these have been placed in the
irst class, the Helene, La Paloma,
Gladys and Bonny Dundee. The last
FAMED is cutter designed by Fife, and
ent out to the islands several years ago.
The heavy seas encountered in mid
sland channels and on windward shores,
ffectually debar her from entering for
ny deep sea trips. On such attempts
S have been made, her crew has had
he doubtful privilege of going below
md viewing the scenery to windward | !
through the weather planlling. La Pa
oma, the flag ship owned by Comm
ore Macfarlane, is converted schoOn-
r, now sIoop. Her displacement is t
? tons, and her sail area proportionate.
Ter mast was placed, on conversion, in t
he original stepping of her foremost 5
nd she carries one working Jib. Be c
ore the wind she sails ten to eleven $
not clip in the regular trades. On the {
7ind she is speedy, but says to leeward. t
t is in working to windward that the
mailer yachts of her class even mat
,rs. In heavy sea the Paloma shoves
er nose we'll into it and pitches with a
perseverance worthy of better cause. +
The Helene, II tons displacement. IS Y
OF racing type, but her owner, Fred II
Whitney. who has sporting proclivitles, a
as fitted her with racing canvas and IN
GOOD breeze she makes good time OF IT,
eing considerably sitter than La Pa
ma. Her work-a-day canvas includes
gaff topsail and two jibs.
But it IS of the Gladys, the little s
n. cruising knockabout Gladys owned,
.sipned and built on modern lines tor
n first commodore and Inauguration OF
IT club. T. w Hebron, that we sing.
esipned as a wholesome cruising type,
e sailed around the San Francisco
- bafora COMING 10 Honolulu and has