Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

La Paloma, which VIII Race From
H San Francisco to Honolulu, Could
he Carried On Deck of Big Yachts.
Owners of Competing Craft and
Their Guests to BE Royalty Enter
tnined by Havvaiians.
4 On the high seas, between Honolulu
i and San Francisco, is q small slOOp
i vending her way across the Pacific to
4 try to race back to Hawaii with the
| greatest yachting laurels OF the west
/ ern ocean, says the New York World.
She Is La Paioma, owned by Charles
| W. McFarlane Of the Hawaii Yacht
| club
When the ocean race from the Gold
| ell Gate to the famous islands far out
| in the Pacific was projected Hawaii
| ans saw a chance for a great sporting
| victory on the sea, and a 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
4 race.
Yachtsmen on this side of the conti-
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| small a craft attempting such a voy
/ age, especially in racing trim. She is
] mere pygny 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 go to
| the little boat and her daring owner.
Commodore III. II. Sinclair of the
| San Francisco Yacht club was the first
| 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
ray Mitchell was her former owner.
She is an auxiliary with ketch rig, of
SS.16 net tons and 112 feet over all.
Her speed under sail is only moderate,
but she is a splendid sea boat. If 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
May 10 and finish off 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.
Cokeman'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. 1t will be "alwet sheet and
flowing sea, a 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. It is proposed to
give the visitors an Old time luau, or
Hawaiian feast, and they will be in
trOduced to pol" the Hawaiian's staff |
of life-fish. game, pig, bread and
fruit-cooked underground. 1t 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 a |
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 |
120 miles, with running, reaching and |
beating, which will bring out the diff |
ferent points of sailing and make the |
most exciting contest ever sailed in the |
islands In this race there will be |
about dozen yachts Of all rigs and |
sizes participating.
To make things even more interest
ing cup will be offered for a race to
Lahlina, on the island of Maui, seven
ty-ffve miles from Honolulu. This is q
course up channel and requires some
beating and will bring out the close |
hauled work of the yachts. Another |
luau will be held at Lahaim. 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 a run to Hiho, the city
of second Importance in the islands.
From Hib the sailors will tourney to
the greatest active volcano In the
world, K1lauea.