The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-17

LOG BOOK
Graphic Story of Race
Across the Atlantic
Ocean.


place must be given to the ocean race
Il of nineteen hundred and five for the
cup offered by the Emperor of Ger
| many, in which five yachts, represent
ing different nations, were the contest
ants, for this is the first open race that
| has ever been sailed across the Allan
tic, and the winning yacht has estab-
lshed record from Sandy Hook to the
Lizard, which may stand unequaled for
years.
II Now that the transpacific yacht race
is drawing closer to hanG, few words
anent the great transatlantic race will
be of interest to local yachtsmen, for
| there will be a marked similarity be-
tween the contests and the experiences
which befel the yachts on their voyage
across the Atlantic will be close AKIN
to those happening to the boats that
leave the Golden Gate bound for Homo
lulu.
In the transpaciic contest, which
was open to yachts of over eighty tons,
and sailed without handicap or time
allowance, many different rigs We're
represented; and it is interesting to
note that the first three yachts to fin
I ish were of different rigs, the winner
| (Atlantic) being three-masted, fore
and-aft schooner; the second boat
! (Hamburg), a twO-masted schooner,
and the third (Valhalla), a full-rigged
ship. 1t IS also interesting to note that
these three yachts represent the three
! nations under whose flags the yachts
{ sailed, for Atlantic, the winner, is
American; Hamburg was the sole Ger
man entry, and Valhalla sailed under
the colors of the Royal Yacht Squad
ron of England.
The log of each yacht which took
part in this great race would furnish
material for a story of the sea quite
as exciting as any work of fiction, for
in spite of the fact that gales and high
seas were encountered sails were crowd
ed OF and carried till they twisted, or
the spars gave way, and sail was re-
duced only when it was absolutely nee
essary. Then as soon as the gales mod
Grated in the least storm topsails came
down and mainsails were hoisted, with
the topsails and kites aloft, too, 50
long as there was a fair chance that
they would not be blown to pieces. In
many cases, when sails split they were
taken in and new ones set in their
places, and one hard driver of a skip
per, after having burst all the fore
topsails aboard, sent spare Jlb aloft
to serve until the torn sails could be re-
paired. Day and night it was constant
work for the crews changing sails, ty-
ing in or shaking out reefs, or work
ling to replace rigging carried away.
On several of the boats it was deemed
necessary to lash the men at the wheel,
to avoid the danger of their being
washed away, and in one ease a man
was washed off the bowsprit and by
lucky chance caught at the fore rigging
hauled aboard again. Another was
picked up by a sea and thrown against !
the bulwarks with such force that sew |
eral of his ribs were 'stove in Such |
incidents as these, however, were taken
as coming in the ordinary course of
events. and it is to the credit of the |
men who fitted out and sailed the |
yachts that there was not a single seri- |
Gus accident or mishap to mar the sue |
cess of the great event.
The complete log of the Atlantic fol
lows:
ATLANTIC.
Three-masted schooner, owned by |
Wilson Marshall, Esq, n. Y. Y. G.
Guests on board. DIR. F. B. Downs, H.
A. Bergman, l.. B. Ostrander, Fred
erick NJ. Hoyt, c. B. Seeley and Nor
ton w Smith. Captain, Charles Barr.
May 18th, $3.50 p m, boarded ship |
and took final stores on board. 6 p. m,
weather generally overcast; moderate |
southeasterly breeze; fog banks off !
there s D. M, thunderstorm with light !
rain. which continued all night. 10 p.
m. Valhalla, Endymion, Hildegarde |
and Utowana anchored in the Horse
shoe.
Nav 10th, a M. calm with light
and thick fog. 10 a. m, heavy fog; !
took water aboard. y M, similar
conditions p. m, heavy fog and oc
casional showers. 4:30 p. m, start
postponed until noon of 18th. p. M.
clearing inside the Horseshoe. but still
thick outside. s p. M, fog still thick,
heavy showers. 10 p. m, similar condl- +
tions II midnight. clearing somewhat.
Nav 18th. fresh easterly breeze;
thick outside: fresh breeze; similar
conditions: took on board five tons pig
lead 1890 a. m, hove up and pro
ceeded in tow for Sandy Hook Light
vessel: set full canvas. 12:16 p. m,
crossed line on port tack; light breeze;
moderate easterly breeze and sea, hay.
12:45 o. m, breeze increasing, took IN
stavsails, setting them later; took de
parture from Sandy Hook L. V; bear
ing N.N.W.. distance 4 miles; fresh
breeze. hazy. p. m, took in staysails;
took in iib topsail; sea making up.
p. m. set iib TO topsail. p. m, occa-
sional showers and fog; similar
weather; set both topsails; light breeze
and fog; fog very thick; S. \. Oneida
at 1890 a. m.
Nav 18th. 1 a. NJ, tackled ship to
northward. las a. m, tackled ship to
strong breeze and heavy fog; wind
and hauling easterly: set
mizzen stavsail; set main topsail; fresh
breeze; moderate sea: took in baby and
set No. 1 iib topsail; made schooner
Yacht Hamburg on lee beam, distance