The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-29
YACHT
GLADYS
FIRST

The Gladys captured the first lap or
the .sRound-oahu'' race arriving in
waialua at s:15 yesterday morning
with the La Paioina a close second.
some thirty minutes later.
On the showing made in the last Isl
ian3 race the Gladys should win hand
/ lily, providing the wind keeps a regular
trade or to the east. The half OF the
race already accomplished is, up 10 the
! last ten miles from Kaena Point to
/ Waialua. a spinnaker run before the
wind and it was expected that the
larger canvassed Helene and La PaIo-
| ma would have gained a substantial
/ start From Waiaiua to E0ko Head
the work is likely TO be windward
work.
Five boats are in the race: Helene
Commodore whitney; Spray" Vice
Commodore Picker; Gladys" Capt.
Hebron. La Paioma.'' Capt Afacfar-
lane; Hawaii. Capt. Sorenson. The
Spray has two and one-half hours
time allowance, proportioned as fol-
lows. one hour. Honolulu TO wdialua
one and a half hours. Waiaiua to Ilo-
nolulu.
Friday evening the yachts got =
clean start by fun moonlight from Ho-
nolulu harbor. The starting line lay
between the Healani boat house arid
the lighthouse. and at nine sharp Vice
Commodore Picker crossed with a good
breeze. breaking out his spinnaker as
he passed out of the channel. and head
eG for BARRIERS Point. The other boats
were due to start at ten. Commodore
whitney and Capt Macfarlane lay at
the Oceanic wharf with the Hawaii in
the Bishop slip and the Gladys along
side the Healani float. The latter craft
sailed over TO the Oceanic wharf AT
9: As and ten minutes later the pre-
paratory gun doomed out and the trio
IN almost a dead calm drifted towards =
the line. overlapping each other The
Hawaii, over In Bishop slip. heard the
gun and finding a land wind sneaked
over the line first with Gladys second.
followed by Helene and La Palornaz
The Spray was out of sight.
Gains lasted outside for an hour
though the. Hawaii found a little wind
that the others missed and forged
slowly ahead The other shippers tried
hard to find which way the wind was
coming so as to set spinnakerE oa the
right tack. Hawaii gradually inereas-
ed her lead with Gladys midway be-
tween nef anu lIlG I1siSis, Id : S-teaAs'
a close fourth.
With the freshening breezes and
spinnakers out, positions were main
tanned for, three or four hours. and of
BARRIERS Point the fleet was we'll to-
gether with the Spray perhaps two
miles ahead. The Helene, a biscuits
toss behind the Gladys, and La Palorna
the same distance behind the Helene
again kept up a running conversation
till. at 4 o'clock, La PaIoma with her
big sails filled passed the rest like
Cunarder. leaving them all behind but
the Spray,
The moon held all night and az dawn
was still some degrees above the hori-
zon. The fleet was then perhaps I'VE
miles Honolulu side of Kaena Point.
Gladys was ak4east of Spray. half
mile to windward, La Palona nextt
two miles behind, with Helene
huggfng her close and the Hawaii quite
4 way behind.
From here the Gladys picked ur on
the beat, though La Paloma made a
gallant attempt to win ous- The seas
off Kaena were very turbulent and the
wind fiawy, and both the Spray and
Helene had troubles negotiating the
point Gladys ran into calm patch
Under the lee of the land but sneaked
cut again and stood up for Waialua
n two tacIs making the entraDce al
y.15. La Palosna failed to head UP
Iy1ite close enough, a short tack set her
Jack a few minutes and she finally
passed the line at $50. Helene came IN
1t 1880 after hard luck with the winds.
'ollowed nard by spray at 1884 and
Hawaii at 1910.