The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-15
FIVE MONTHS
Of SAILING
Details OF Anemone's
Voyage From New
York.

SAN DIEGO, May s.-Dingy gray in
| color and weather-worn by her five
months at sea, but clean-tlrawn and
looking every inch the yacht she is.
the little ketch Anemone came into
the harbor just at noon and cast an
Choir between the Spreckels and Com
| mercial wharves.
1t is utterly unnecessary to say that
the men on board We're glad to reach
port-the first port entered since
leaving New York Dec 14-and the
general sentiment in one direction was
/ feelingly expressed by Chief Engineer
Fred Gehlback when he said: You
bet 1 will do justice TO a beefsteak
just as soon as I can get cleaned up
and ashore" Considering that all
hands have been living on salt
horse" for almost the entire voyage it
IS no wonder that a juicy cut has
about as great attraction for them just
now as anything which could be
named.
Captain Henry Lindeberg. the skip
per of the Anemone, and his crew
have. in fact, been almost cut off from
the world for 144 days, for as before
stated they touched at no ports en-
route and spoke but few vessels. They
knew nothing of the great earthquake
and fire at San Francisco; they did not
know that Owner Tut had entered
the yacht for the big ocean race to
Honolulu; and the papers which were
la TIL
porter We're eagerly welcomed. They
We're the first papers received since the
day Of sailing from New York.
Captain Iindeberg a hale and gen
ial sailor-man who could not he mis-
taken for follower of any other call
ing than the sea, was entirely uncon-
scious of any anxiety regarding his be-
lated coming. Not supposing there was
any need for getting in hurry he had
brought the little craft along at a
prudent gait. not carrying on or
pushing her at all. recognizing that
the carrying away of rigging would
seriously embarrass and even cripple
him, since there would be no replacing
it short of the nearest pOrt-which
might be long ways off.
AS already stated the Anemone left
New York on December "a. Almost at
once she ran into a stiff gale-as
heavy a blow. said her skipper, as
was encountered during the voyage.
This storm was weathered nicely, but
when three weeks out the topmast was
carried away by the parting of back |
stay. The broken spar was "fished,"
however and in shortened form did |
duty for the balance of the trip. Two |
weeks afterward the main gait was |
sprung, but this was repaired so as to |
be serviceable, and these injuries were
really all that We're sustained. not |
withstanding a tremendous gale was |
met in the Straits of Magellan.
It was found necessary to sail |
the straits for the simple rea-
son that the engine of the yacht, |
though of 130-horse power, quadruple
expansion. had not power to drive her |
against the blast Several attempts |
were made, but each time the yacht |
was swung about, and blown back
helpless. The blow was directly ahead
and the ketch, under closely-reefed
canvas had to thrash through it, TAX
ing just twenty-eight days to reach the
open Pacific. Thereafter the run up
orally good weather.
was that the yacht cross
ed the equator in the Atlantic on the
18th of January, entered the straits on
the 18th of February and left the
straits on the 18th of March. Capt.
Lindeberg made every effort to reach
the Zine on this side by the 18TH
when he saw that he must be near to
doing SO, in order to keep the schedule
m but foil one day behind and went
over on the 18th.
All are well of the yachts company,
and the long trip was said to be as
as might be expected
There were plenty of stores of most
kinds. although the skipper found him.
self running out of flour at one time
and was on the point of making for
South American port to stock up again
when he was fortunate in falling in
With British ship, the Glenescoe,
rom Australia for Cape Town, and
securing from her what he needed. This
happened in latitude 90, south, longi-
ude So.
The rocky group of the Coronado is
ands were the first hint of land for the
Anemone's men since leaving the
traits. and Capt. Lindeberg is "a trifie
roud of raising the land" so neatly
rom so great run AS IS CUSTOM
ny, in fact necessary. in North Amer
"a, in making port from the cape, the
achts keep far out at sea, sometimes
eing distant as much as 1000 miles
rom land. The islands were sighted
ast evening, but there was no wind and
$ there was also no hurry, the night
ras spent at anchor in their lee. The
arbor was entered shortly before
con, the yacht coming in under her 4
WI power.
The Anemone is 90 feet in length on
er water line and 112 feet over all, has
beam of ~ feet and inches. and a ,
raft of II feet. She is "ketch' rugged
that is TO say her spars and sails are
on the plan Of a schooner with I
le difference that what would be the y
,resail on a boat of the latter type is I
much larger and the
greatly reduced. r
The power is strictly auxiliary. de-
being placed on sails when i.