The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-03
IINYSL00P'SLONC RACE
TO Compete In First Contest
Over the Pacific Ocean.
SHE WILL REPRESENT HAWAII

La Paloms, Which Will Race From
San Francisco to Honolulu, Could
Be Carried on Deck Of Big Yachts.
Owners OF Competing Craft and
Their Guests to Be Royalty Enter
tained By Hawattans.
On the high seas, between Honolulu
and San Francisco, is small sloop
vending her way across the Pacific to
try to race back to Hawaii with the
greatest yachting laurels Of the west
ern ocean, says the New York World.
She is La Paloma, owned by Charles
W. McFarlane of the Hawaii Yacht
club.
When the ocean race from the Gold
en- Gate to the famous islands far out
in the Pacific was projected Hawaii
ans saw chance for a great sporting
victory on the sea, and craft was
sought to represent them. There was
La Paloma, which had won race after
race at home. But could she stand the
stress Of 2,1OO miles Of sea? Her own
er thought SO and entered her In the
race.
Yachtsmen on this side Of the CONT
pent would ridicule the idea OF so
small a craft attempting such a voy-
age, especially in racing trim. She Is
mere pygmy compared with the great
Atlantic, which won the ocean race
from Sandy Hook to the Lizard last
May, and could be carried on the decks
of most of the vessels in that contest.
But she is a seaworthy little craft and
despite her size is worrying the Cali
fornia yachtsmen, who are not sure
but the honor Of winning the first
yacht race across the Pacific will 60 to
the little boat and her daring owner.
Commodore II. 81. Sinclair OF the
San Francisco Yacht club was the frst
to realize the possibilities OF the prize
going away from the coast and enter
ed his schooner Lurline in the contest.
On her are based the hopes OF the Cali
fornia yachtsmen.
There is another yacht In the race.
however, which those in the east be-
lieve will prove faster than all the
others. She is the Anemone, owned
by C. L. TUFTS. She will fly the flag OF
the New York Yacht club. John Muir
raw Mitchell was her former owner.
She is an auxiliary with ketch rig, OF
sS.16 net tons and LIP feet over all.
Her speed under sail is only moderate,
but she is a splendid sea boat. II the
usually peaceful Pacific should get
wrathful the Anemone would revel
in it.
The race, which will start from
Meigg's wharf in San Francisco on
Nav 10 and finish of Diamond Head
lighthouse at Honolulu, will take the
contestants across the tropical ATTITUDES
and the Sunshine belt Of the Pacific,
and five entries have been attracted.
Besides La Paloma, the Lurline and
the Anemone, there are James V.
Coleman's Aggie and Fulton G. Berry's
Mike, which will also struggle for the
prize.
The course the yachts will cover is
ideal. There are no fogs, bleak winds
or icebergs to endanger and harass the
mariners. During the month Of May
the trade winds almost invariably blow
strong and true, with little chance Of
calms, and all the boats should make
good runs. It will be "a wet sheet and
flowing sea, wind that follows
fast" say the coastwise sharps.
On the arrival Of the yachts in Homo
lulu the owners and guests will be
royalty entertained. 1t is proposed to
give the visitors an old time luau, or
Hawaiian feast, and they will be in
troduced to ''poi," the Hawaiian's staff
Of life-fsh, game, pig, bread and
fruit-cooked underground. It will be
the character Of entertainment formal
ly offered by the kings and queens OF
Hawaii to favored visitors.
AS they have some able little yachts
in Hawaii. it is proposed to have
race around the island Of Oahu, on
which Honolulu is situated, in which
the island craft can compete with the
Pacific coast visitors. The distance is
12O miles, with running, reaching and
beating, which will bring out the dif-
ferent points of sailing and make the
most exciting contest ever sailed IN the
islands. In this race there will be
about a dozen yachts Of all rigs and
sizes participating.
To make things even more interest
ing a cup will be offered for race to
| Lahaina, on the island Of Maui, seven
| ty-fve miles from Honolulu. This Is
course up channel and requires some
beating and will bring out the close
hauled work Of the yachts. Another
luau will be held at Lahaina. After
viewing various points Of interest
ashore visit to Haleakala, the largest
extinct volcano, which towers over TO-
| 600 feet from the sea, the yachtsmen
will embark for run to Hilo, the city
of second Importance in the islands.
From Hilo the sailors will journey to
the greatest active volcano In the
world, Kilauea.