The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-05

70 Keep the boom out of the heax,
seas that followed us and, rising undel
our counter, sent US coasting dowr
+ their sides at eleven knots. We sDef
: along like a surf boat, and there was
( no necessity for spinnaker. A heavy
5 squat came up behind and urged the
GLADYS along like surf boat. It was
last deepening to twilight, but we left
the lights unlit. Ahead, over Homo
lulu, the sun sunk in suIphurous tinted
clouds while behind lay cold gray.
! storm rack edged, with the warm aft
erglow. The scene was awe inspiring.
coasting along the forbidding shore
where the two SCARED, extinct craters
OF hoko Head and Kokolipelipe. stood
out with the sunset clouds behind them
ike The wrath of their former fires
Not habitation was ashore. not a bird
IN sight only the little white boat rae
ing through the big green surges.
Teddy started to slacken the lib a
trifie, and a gust came up unawares
and fiicked the wet sheet through his
fingers There was no preventing knot
at the end of the sheets, and out flap
ped the cloth in the wind Forward
went the giant and the skipper, whi.e
Teddy and the referee took in the main
sheet and luffed the reluctant Gladys
1t took ten minutes to secure the wilful
Jlb with the yacht tossing fretfully on
the big pillows meanwhile, but soon
all was secured once more and again we
We're winging ii home. The rain caught
us and washed the salt from our faces.
but wind was with it and we welcomed
1t. All hands We're beastly hungry, but
Diamond Head, beloved of tourists, the
dead crater that, like a lion couchant,
rests by Honolulu, showed its rugged
outline against the fading sky The
lighthouse at its foot flashed a warn
ing. but We knew these waters and
coasting the reef within half a mile
OF shore, soon opened up the lights of
w aikiH, Honolulu's Long Branch. Soon
the range lights of the Honolulu har-
Dor were visible, and before we knew |
1t the spar buoy at the channel en-
trance doomed up on the starboard |
beam and the race was over. Time |
I:A:3S; just 12h. from the start, a dis |
lance of>63 miles. Three short tacks up |
channel brought us to the wharf where
we We're to lay for the night, and soon |
four hungry, but jubilant men climbed |
ashore. Carriages were in waiting
we, or rather a yacht had been tele-
phoned by Diamond Head Charlie, and
me referee wire, confident IN the
Gladys coming in first, was waiting. |
Hardly had we finished our conjugal
dinners at home when the Paloma was
,elephoned from the lighthouse. She
lad run into a heavy sQuall; had come
lying along, passing the mark at S:47,
In hour and six minutes behind on the
second leg. The race was ours with
hree hours to spare, and no time al
owance asked for. Total distance, los
niles. Total time, 9Th. 52m.
Next morning we repaired aboard, re-
reshed by nights rest ashore, and
till happy from our victory. The !
gladys looked as ready for another spin :
IS We were. Everything was a blow
ng and drying, the skipper having 4
ent servant down early to dry out
nd clean up. The race had brought a
title water aboard through the forward
latch, but that was soon pumped out,
nd putting our provender aboard, we
TODD out channel bound for Pearl Har-
or and the completion of our holiday.
he sun dried out sail and sheet speed |
~, and we We're soon running off the
light and a half knots to the cruising
Tub house at the mouth of the chan
ell. The wind was free, the weather
ne, and we fought our battle over
gain in the cockpit. With the MAIN
DOM to port we rugged out the jib to