The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-14
YACHTING
RESULTS
SIoop "hawaii" Wins in
First Glass;" Spray"
Goes Ashore.

| Picker had hard luck in running on n
reef off Fords Island just as he stood a
more than good chance of winning the
first class race in the Spray while So
| renson and Lyle landed two victories,
winning both the first and third class
races.
The squadron held rendezvous at the
| Peninsula on Saturday morning, the
club house being gayly decorated with
signal bunting and the club burgess.
| The wind was not all that could be de-
sired, being northerly and light, so the
first class race vas postponed until the
| afternoon. The smaller craft got ready
| for start, however, and started off
| for the channel course about eleven
while two of the big fellows, the Gladys
and flagship Spray, went along to keep
them company.
| In the third class were the Irish, So
renson & Lyle; Malihini, Lyle: Wikiwi-
| Xxi, Thompson; and Myrtle, Crozier. The
speedy Irish. of longer lines and SUI
perior canvas, gave the rest of her
class handicap but managed to keep
ahead of 1t in the light winds and
smooth water, coming in winner after
a lengthy race shortly after two o'clock.
In the fourth class the Malolo. John
son, gave the Skip, L., de l.. Ward, and
| Leimanu. Hoggins, a handicap which
enabled the Skip to win. Captain John
| son protested somewhat against having
| to allow the Skip any handicap and his
demurrer seems somewhat justified on
| the record showing of last season when
| the Skip beat out the Malolo over the
| Peninsula course in fiat time. Leimanu
| failed to finish.
1t was three and after when the first
| raters got off to beautiful start: La
Paloma, Macfarlane; Gladys, Hebron;
| Spray, Vice Commodore Picker, and
| Hawaii Sorenson The original course
was changed owing to the state of the
wind and set to twice around Ford's
| Island and return to the Peninsula.
| There was some mix-up, it seems, over
| delivering the new directions and the
| Spray got the changed course at sec
| ond hand and misunderstood It, round
| ing Fords Island from the Eva side as
| a consequence instead of keeping 1t to
starboard.
Spray was given twenty minutes
| time allowance and the Hawaii eight,
| just enough to allow her to pull off the
| first prize with fifty seconds to spare,
| thus justifying the Advertisers pre-
| diction that either the Hawaii or La
| Paloma win. La Paloma rounded out
| the prophecy by coming in second, one
minute and twenty seconds ahead of the
| Gladys.
After the even start La Paloma. Gla-
| dys and Hawaii started around Ford's
| Island with Spray going the other way,
| misunderstanding regatta committee
| chairman Roth's efforts with the me-
gaphone.
AS the yachts passed each other in
rounding, Spray was seen to be holding
| up well under her gaff topsail and Com
| modore Picker, Sonny Cunha and Bat
| tersby, constituting her crew, were jul
| bilant when they found themselves
| rounding the mauka end of the island
| for the second time with apparently
| plenty of time to spare. Commodore
| Picker reckons that at the time he went
| ashore he had thirty-five minutes to
get home in, counting his handicap, and
| the time the other yachts finished. They
| should have made the line in that time
and II he had not been ruled out for
| going round the wrong way 1t looked
| like the Spray g stein.
But the best laid plans of yachting
men oft land ashore and bump g-r-r-r-
bump went the Spray high and dry on
| a falling tide.
Efforts seemed useless and the crew
took down the mainsail. Meantime the
rest OF them had finished and taken
down sails before they realized that
| the Commodore was away behind
schedule and must be In pilikia. Cap
tain Hebron put up his mainsail and
with Mr.. Shaw went OFF to render as
sistance. followed eventually by all the
club members In various craft. 1t was
no good. the Spray was hard and fast
with the tide still dropping and finally
the Gladys took Cunha over to Me-
Crews landing In time to take the
I seven train to town,
Chowder was ready at the clubhouse
and all hands went back 10 supper leav-
| Ing Battersby In lonely vigil on the
Spray now heeled over on one side AZ
ians. the chowder went on with merry
talk. yarns and songs, By midnight
all were asleep save Picker who went
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