The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-08-14
ON THE SAILING ROUTE
FROM HERE TO The COAST

IL ever you want 10 get AWAY from
civilization. the world. and everything
else. take trip ON n dccp-sea sailint
vessel. There II nothing else like IL
Travelling on a sailing ship In no dif.
| ferent from travelling on q passenger
steamer that II is intensely interesting
at first and terribly lonesome and tire
some after you have been out few
weeks.
| A trip Mt sea where one depends alto
gether upon the wind for navigation
and when for days at a time the boat
In becalmed, may best be described as
the "lonesomest" trip In the world. II
there should happen to be number OF
companlonable people aboard Il would
be less tiresome but as a rule com
pinionable people seldom select a wind
TANNER" for a trip across the ocean.
There .s the captain, sometimes ac-
companied by his wife. his first and
second mates. and the sailors. 1t is
second nature. however, for these peo-
pie to be at sea. and they are usually
engaged at some task about the ship.
and are seldom in the humor to an
swer the questions that are asked them
by the traveller. One must learn to
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ships rigging, or watching the horizon
for the sight of another sail.
/ recently made trip from Honolulu
Hawaii, to San Francisco on the bark
'Kaiulani' loaded with something like
$4,000 bags of raw sugar. The trip re-
CURED seventeen days, this being fast
time owing to favorable winds. But
two weeks and a half away from the
world seems months when one is not
used to 1t. Dozens of sailing ships with
cargoes of sugar, go from the Hawai-
ian Islands around the Horn to Phila-
delphia and New York every year. some
of them taking four or five months to
make the voyage Think of being
away from friends and the world for
100 to $50 days, with nothing about you
but the ship itself and salt water!
The "Kaiulani' is commanded by
Captain Peter Colly. who. with his
wife. makes the bark his home. Mrs.
Colly has chickens, a dog, cats, pig
cons. and amuses herself with her
household duties and her pets. much
the same as woman at home on land.
The captains living quarters are fur
nished with bathtub and all modern
conveniences, and occupy the rear end
of the ship. The sailors live in the
front part of the boat, where the
kitchen, or galley. is also located. The
men work in four hour shifts. There
is always something to be done on a
ship, and IL there is nothing else to
occupy them. they are put at work |
scrubbing the decks This is a prac-
tice on all ships. steamers as well as
sailing vessels. the idea being to give
the men something to do. The deck
Of a battleship is probably scrubbed
more than anything else in the world.
the officers appreciating the fact that
as long as the men are at work, there
Is less thance for them to get into trou-
BILE among themselves.
Sailors never use lanterns on ship.
When it is necessary to change sails,
Or take in canv IS on account of
storm, the men go about their work
on deck erd aioft without any light
A sudden storm Is the
lime sailers are needed most. When
With the increase of breeze the mate
ire ordered on deck. and the men climb
nto the rigging, even to the highest
Joint on the mast usually about $50 &
eet. where the imm Hnse sheets of
White canvas are hauled in, and dashed {
o the Gloss bars. 1t is wonderful how s
he men pei fol IN their work with the |
ale blowing ard the ship rocking from !