The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-27

open sea, with the deep blue rollers
of the midPacifc flashing back the
sunshine from myriad facets as the
the waters southwark. Above, a sky
sapphire at the zenith, paling to the
horizon where northward the low trade
clouds sail, a stately argosy, with
promise of continued wind On the
waters another argosy of white winged
yachts, every inch of canvas set before
the breeze that follows fast, every man
aboard doing their utmost in CHEEKY
emulation of each other to bring their
bark first into port. No storms ahead
to fear, no fogs or ice to dread, only
warmer, summer weather until the
reckoning shows the goal is near, and
the CHEEKY cry of Gland ho!' grips
the hearts of all in sturdy determine
tion to drive her, drive her first across
the line. An ideal dream for your real
yachtsman, not your duck dressed, har-
bor-haunting, picnic planning pleasurer,
but the man who loves the sea and the
smell of it, his good ship and the speed
of her; your deep-sea yachtsman, who
revels in the wide spaces of the sea,
the glories of the windy days and
starry, moonlit nights, who can bend a
sail and rig a spar, take his wheel and
knows his sextant and chronometer,
your true sportsman who loves the
open sea and the steady breeze-a mod
ern Viking of leisure. An ideal dream,
indeed, and not an idle one for those
who have the inclination, the capacity
and the time.
Yachts are now being overhauled
and re-rigged. One, the biggest com
petitor, is now on the way from the
Straits of Magellan, under sail and
auxiliary power, while another is hav-
ing her spars stepped with all haste to
enter the race. 1t will be gallant
Corinthian company that sets forth
upon the date appointed.
The transatlantic race produced its
feet of competitors. it's gallant owners
who faced the odds of wind and wave,
of storm and mist and treacherous ice,
and now comes the certainty of
transpacific race, on tranquil seas,
meath tranquil skies, where yet the
breath of Boreas is strong and the skill
of navigation needed. Twenty-one
hundred miles, two thousand sporting
miles, every one of them, IN ideal
weather, to an ideal port in the Para
disc of the Pacific, Hawaii. The time
is set. some of the contestants entered,
and that, apart from the sheer love
of the thing, there may be some trophy
around which to spin the yarns OF We
tory, massive cup is offered.
A transpacific yacht race has long
been talked over and urged, both on
this coast and in Hawaii, where. amidst
ideal racing waters, the glorious art
of boating has long had its opponents,
from good King Kamehameha to kala-
kaua, and, in greater measure, since an
nexation. 1t has always been darling
project of the Hawaii Yacht club, !
sturdy band over a hundred strong, !
who, not content with placid lee island |
waters and calm lagoOns, sail their /
craft in races around and between the .
Islands OF the picturesque Hawaiian !
group.
While chairman of the Hawaii Yacht !
club regatta committee, the writer
1elped in an attempt to bring about
ace between the swift yachts Of
American and British residents of
Japan and those of Hawaiian waters;
he cup to be kept and the race sailed
It the home OF the winners Of each re-
yatta The comparative snailEess or
he eontesting craft and the difficulties
# transportation, however, caused the
,lans to fall through. but not until the
Hawaii promotion committee had
pledged themselves to offer a cup for
uch an event.
Later. fostered by former Commo
lsres II. W. Hebron and c. ". Aaefar-