Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-12-31
gladys HAD HARD
FIGHT WITH STORM
With Torn Jib She Made
Long Struggle
With Waves

the storm of Saturday night and Sun.
day morningi the yacht Gladys prob.
ably had thei worst experience of any.
Pitched aroutid by the waves and with
her iib torn iarly In the storm so that
she was onl5 partly controllablc. and
with crew of only three. which
meant that here was no chance to
change watches, she stood up under
the work and came into port at noon
on sunday.
The Gladys. with Tom King as cap.
tain and Frank Beckcrt aud Jack
O'Bricn as the crow, started for No
lokai Saturday night at O'Clock, the
intention being tn go TO Kaunakakai
and spend few hours before return.
ing to this city. While the wind was
brisk from the start 1t was nothing
extraordinary until about o'clock,
when an unusually heavy gust split
the lib As the tear was close Ia the
after leach II was not considered So.
rious and Captain King kept on. Then
the wind began to grow stronger and
King. who had gone below for fow
minutes rest. was called on deck, as
the others realized that the boat was
In very bad way.
King told the following story Of the
rest of the trip to a Bulletin reporter
this morning:
when I came on deck We were
heading directly for MOlokai light AMI
while the wheel was hard down. the
lib had been blown to ribbons and we
were drifting down on the light or
course with the iib gone there was "a
good deal of difficulty In handling the
boat, as whenever | tried to come
about the waves would throw her
head round and We would be In the
same old position. ! put the wheel
hard to port. got up good speed, AMI
then throwing II 10 starboard tried
to come about. Twice this was tried
without any success, hut the third time
We caught the waves just right AMI
made II.
81 then steCrcd south for an hour
though We could not sail very close To
\ the wind on account of the fact that
with the lib gone We could not haul
the sheet very close. The Gladys he.
, haved beautifully and climbed the
A., waves In way that I never thought
was possible. After this We took a
northwest tack for two hours, M !
was afraid of going too far to the
windward. The seas at this time were
. mountain high and We had all we
could do to handle the yacht
Between and 3 o'clock We sight.
| ed the Likelike, though | understand
they did not see us. She was having
, all that she could do and was about
, 500 yards under our stern. She seem.
cd To stop and was In the same posi-.
ton for some little time. We thought
! that she had seen MS and was stop
! ping To pick ms mp. But ! understand
that the reason she had stopped was
| that she could not make any Roadway
= against the enormous waves which
were beating on her.
I've did not want her to pick us M
as we had gone through so much and
were sure that we could stand any
I thing else that was ccOming and he
sides II We were tOwcd II would hav,
been very much harder on the Gladys
Z than running as we were.
Il had an extra jib on board all tn,
time but would not try to use II, as Il
! a Ia, a 4.
have sent one Of the boys out on tn,
bowsprit to unship the old sail. w,
managed to get along all right with
4 out II.
I'VE ran to the south till q o'clocl
. and then came about on the northwos
tack again. About 10 o'clock We sight
cd Oahu, seeing Koko Head first. W,
were headed directly for damon,
Head and as our reckoning hal beer
v made only by the number of hour
which we had been on a tack and The
y estimated speed, we thought that W
y were doing pretty well.
THE most dangerous part Of thu
" trip was when we We're coming int
', the harbor. II was hard to manage
= the Gladys without her iib and sh,
y would yaw IN spite Of everything tina
" we could do. Once she came arount
completely and | simply let her keel
on and sent her around in n circle
I. but we went a good deal closer 10 thu
=, ieef than ! liked.
- II can tell you that am thankful
, that ! had two boys with me lik
!, O'Bricn and Bechert. They never los
- their nerve for a second and We wcr
:, as happy as could he all the time. Thu
:, water came over the rail into tn
. cockpit three times but the Gladys /
, selfdraining and We had little troubl
q, with water We only pumped her on
20 twice in the whole trip
The Wet"ly Edition ~ the Evcntn
Bulletin gives a complete summary Q