The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-18
LOG OF
GLADYS
Hobron's Yacht Makes
Her Longest
Cruise.

Following is the log of the yacht
GLADYS. which sailed with La Paloma
on Saturday and after accompanying
her for long time, returned to La
hama:
Left Honolulu Harbor 2:30 p. M.
Saturday, April 18th, in company with
the La Paloma, Hawaii and Spray. The
first bound for San Francisco to start
in the ocean race; Hawaii and Spray
for overnight cruise to Rabbit Island.
Weather fine; moderate trades, Paloma
under our lee bow. Her new sails set
superbly and seems to be sailing faster
than ever We can barely hold her.
Both making good weather of 1T, but
spray drives aft and crew with OIL
skins and sou 'westers on. Paloma
makes a spirited marine picture with
the white spray flying half way up her
sail and ploughing up foamlng sea
about her bows. Just before dark
Paloma was about miles abreast OF US
to leeward and seemed to be heading
for Lanai. Lost sight of her after
dark.
At 7:30 p. m. Molokai PIT. light bore
f. about l mile. Tackled ship and took
departure from here. Heading n. by
w. Logged So K. from start. About $
o clock wind freshened up; sea rough;
making good weather of it but spray
constantly flying. Rain squalls every
few minutes; a. m. passed steamer,
on course for Coast. Weather continued
thick and seas heavy. After midnight
seas more abeam, hardly any spray to
drench the crew. The new yawl RIG
great Improvement for off shore cruls-
| ing. We have all sail on her and she
is driving fast with starboarde sheets,
i holding a steady course n. by '" Win
out moving a spoke of the wheel for
over an hour at time. This is snap
| for helmsman~
Held course until $50 a. M; day
| light. No land in sight; no La Paloma
Could she have taken course south OF
| Lanais Had she passed us? The watch
| below. made coffee while yacht was
hove to. Another feature of the rig
| which is a comfort. She rides the huge
| seas like a sea bird; no spray flying
| After breakfast another search around
| the horizon hut nothing in sight. Oul
position by dead reckoning, Lat. 22-lC
| n, Long. 57-19 w. Oahn bears s. w
bv s. 30 miles; Molokai 81 S. +. by )
| At 6. a. m. tackled ship intending tc
I'head for east end Molokai and go te
Lahaina as we probably would not
| sight Paloma We were rather sur
prised to find our compass gone wrong
| It's Ritchie-best made. Would still
F., head Y. courses when we were really
pointing S. A search in cabin was re
| warded by finding small pocket com
! pass During last 10 hours logged 81
| X making 9S knots from Honolulu
good going considering weather.
| We set course s. E. by. small compass
At ! O'Clock picked uES sail about
miles away TO leeward. Thinking II
! might be Paloma ran off. 1t proved tt
| be her, but she looked all boat and
| spars and on nearer approach We saw
| she was reefed-jlp off, double reeteC
| mainsail, but full foresail.
| One of our crew hailed them. Good
| morning. What are you reefed for?
| ''Carried away main boom lifts. We
are making new ones now. Everything
| all right was the reply. We got
snaps of her on weather side and then
| ran around under her lee for pictures
| Sea had quite a jump on and the snaps
should be spirited sea pictures. Her
| position at s a. m. was about II Nj
| s. of where we breakfasted at 8. She
had logged Sc knots from Honolulu.
Sailed along in company and when
the new lifts were ready Spinney, who
is a sailorman every inch of him, was