The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-13
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THE GREAT
YACHT RACE
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i In Hawaii there are just two proba
BILE entries. The sloop Gladys, owned
! by Thomas W. Hebron, ex-commodore
of the Hawaii Yacht Club, and the
schooner La Paloma, owned by Clar
ence W. Macfarlane, also an ex-commO
| dore of the Hawaii Yacht Club. These
two men, with their respective yachts
have been the mainstay of yachting in
| the Islands for several years. Both
are thorough yachtsmen, and each in
| local contests has won a score or more
| of cups.
/ La Paloma is the larger craft of the
| two, and she has once sailed the course
| of the proposed race. In 1899, when
| she was brought down to Hawaii from
| San Francisco, she came under her own
| sail, in command of Captain McPhail.
| And by the way, she raced on that oc-
casion with the bark Andrew Welch,
coming down in nineteen days and win
ming by two. 1t was thoroughgo1ng
| race, too, and Captain Drew of the An
| drew Welch uniting in putting up a
| cup to 90 to the winner. That cup
heads the list of the numerous trophies
La Paloma has since won. In the com
ing race La Paloma will be manned by
ex-Commodore c.. w. Macfarlane as
captain and sailing master, Captain
McCauley as navigator, and four native
sailors.
This race between La Pa1oma and
the Andrew Welch WASH t the first race
across the 2100 miles of ocean between
San Francisco and Honolulu. The SUI
gar fleet, which has been plying be-
tween these two ports for a good many
years, has been racing every chance it
gets. There have been some smart
races, too, between men who knew
every trick of sail and spar and who
knew the winds of this region thor
oughly; between men who sailed to win
and who got every bit of speed out OF
their vessels Some of these races were
classics in their time and made reputa-
tions both for vessels and for men.
La Paloma was built in San Fran
cisco by Stone Brothers. She was
launched July 4, 1895 She was owned
bv w. W. Goodfellow of the San Fran
cisco and Corinthian clubs, and par
ticipated in many cruises around San
Francisco bay. Macfarlane bought her !
of Goodfellow and reached Honolulu !
with her in August, 1899. Since then !
she has won the Regatta Day cup, Sep
TENDER. 1903, over what is known as
the Ocean course; the Hawaii Yacht /
Club cup in July of the same year
over the same course; the Hawaii
Yacht Club s cup over the Peninsula
course, in May, 1904; the Hawaii Yacht
Club IS second cup in the race around
the Island of Oahu in May, 1904.
La Paloma was originally schooner
rugged, but after she was brought here
her owner changed her to sloop rig, and
sailed her thus for long time. Later,
however, he changed her back 70
schooner rig, adopting the modern style
of masts plumb and long gatfs. ner
are 40 feet over all, IA
feet inches beam and s feet draft.
In racing rig she carries jib and stay
sail, foresail, mainsail, balloon jib, fish,
S staysail, topsails and square
sails.
Yachting is not new in Hawaiian
waters. There have been yachts and
rachtsmen for years. There could
hardly fail to be with such inviting :
waters as lie about the Islands. Presi s
lent Dole was for many years an ac-
i've yachtsman, owning and sailing a f
racht. the Bonnie Dundee, and once :
what is known as the perpet /
idl cildlithSc thR' IA'phn NAV '1t'h I
,een competed for at intervals for a Z
uarter of a century and now held by
/. w. Hebron and the Gladys. The &
ate Judge Luther Wilcox was a skill
ul and an enthusiastic yachtsman,
borough sportsman, beloved of all who
new him.
The last few years yachting inter-
st has conferred in the Hawaii Yacht
Tub. which numbers nearly a hun Z
red members and maintains a club
ouse on the shores Of Pearl harbor. Q
Just what yachts on the California 7
de of the water intend to take part
l this race is not certainly known ]
ere 1t is certain H. H. Sinclair's
urine will enter and it is understood
nat four or five others viii also par 4
cipate. s
The race is to start May 5. 1906. q
hat is the season of the year when q
lie trade winds are steadiest and the 4
.rongest 1t is the day on which 4
lere is a full moon. so that the yachts Il
ill have the benefit of it for the 4
yo or three days they are the nearest 4
the California coast, with its pos
BILE bad weather. After two or three
avs the weather at that season offE
lie year is almost certain to be de- q
ghtful. with a stiff northeast trade
ind that ought to bring the winner
OWN in ten or eleven days. Merchant 4
essels have made it in eight and nine
lys. III
The finishing point is to be off Dia-
ond Head lighthouse All yachts en- d
ring are to be required to certify their
gnal lights on their entry blanks. III
ey finish at night they will fire these b
they approach Diamond Head. Their 4
entity viii thus be known and their
NE taken. III
it is thought. can prove more
stimulating to yachting on
e Pacific Coast than this ocean race.
1e trophy which has been offered is a
rye and handsome one. designed by
lreve of San Francisco.
The race will be the first formal one
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