The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-15
PAL OMA GOT
AWAY WELL
Departure of Cup Yacht
Was a Notable
Event.

non of La Palona DOOmed fOrtn an
nouncement to all and sundry that
Hawaii's representative in the trans
pacific yacht race, had started on her
voyage to San Francisco to join the
fleet of starters which will sail out OF
the Golden Gate on May 10. She was
at the time crossing an imaginary line
from the lighthouse to the Fort street
wharf.
Early yesterday morning La Paloma
was pulled over from the Bishop slip
to the old Kinau wharf at the foot of
Fort street, where she attracted a
great deal of attention all the morn
ing Very spick and span she looked
with her spotless white paint and her
FURNISHED brass-work glistening in the
sun.
Two o'clock in the afternoon was
the time set for the yachts departure
but long before then the wharf was
crowded with sight-seers who were
RECALLED while waiting with number
of selections by Bergers band.
AT two o'clock the last farewells
We're said, the final 1eis given to Cap
tain Macfarlane and his crew, and
amid an outburst of hand clapping and
cheering, the graceful little craft glid
ed away from the brown timbers of
the wharf and after maneuVering a bit
was soon heading seaward. Aloha
Oe'' played the band as the breach
between the vessel and the wharf grew
ever wider.
Captain Clarence Macfarlane was in
the best of spirits when departing and
told his friends that his boat was go
ing after the cup and, he thought
stood good chance of leading the
other competitors back to the finishing
point off Diamond Head.
The crew of the La Paloma is as
follows: Clarence w. Macfarlane, sail
ing master and captain; Fred Mosher,
mate and navigator; Charles O. Spin
ME and Sam. seamen; James CRUDE,
cabin boy; w. Pangelly, cook.
La Paloma was escorted out of the
harbor by the tug Fearless, the gaso-
line schooner Nalolo, several launches.
the yachts Gladys, Hawaii, Spray, Ka-
poei and a number of smaller craft.
The Fearless and the Malolo each had
a goodly complement of passengers
aboard.
AS the yachts passed the dredger,
that bunch of machinery gave ire
mendous blast on her whistle which
was sustained for a minute or So
The procession kept we'll punched
passing the bark Pactolus which was
lying at anchor outside, the cup boat.
Gladys and Hawaii leading the rest.
Off the bell buoy, the deep-t voice
of warning rang sonorous over the
water, a weird farewell it must have
seemed to the La Paloma's crew.
Off Waikiki the wind dropped but al
most Immediately freshened and La
Paloma shot away from her attend
ants shaking off all but the speedy
Gladys, the 'rocking-horse" yacht |
which managed to hang onto the cup
boats heels very creditably.
Before Diamond Head was reached
the Fearless whistled good luck and
good bye and put about to proceed
with the business of towing the bark
st. Katherine into the wind. Presently
one of the launches footed aloha but
the schooner Malolo watched La Pa
Iona, Gladys. Hawaii and Spray round
the grim old headland, the accom-
plishment of which necessitated wide
tack
La Paioma when last seen was app
parently leaving the Gladys behind,
which in turn had distanced the Ha-
wall The weather at the time was
ideal for sailing-a clear sky, blue
sea and a wholesome breeze. Pretty
indeed looked the small craft as they
faded from sight and as they did so
the white sails OF q big windjammer
bound for Honolulu, doomed white on
the horizon. Her voyage was nearly
done while La Paloma was breaking
the ice of perhaps a month of steady
The yachts Hawaii, Gladys and Spray
were to have sailed with La Paioma
as far as Makapuu point, where the
Hawaii and Spray had planned to
leave her for Rabbit Island. The
Gladys expected to accompany her Tor
twenty-four hours and bring back the
first days log. Captain Hebron Will
probably go TO Lahaina upon his re-
turn here.
La Paloma goes to represent the Ha-
wall Yacht Club in one of the longest
races in the history of yachting and
the first of it's kind to be sailed across
the Pacific The trip up viii at the
best be a more or less wearisome one
and Captain Clarence w. Macfarlane
deserves all kinds of credit and the
thanks of the people of the Territory
for his plucky and sportsmanlike ac-
ton in sailing his yacht in person TO
San Francisco.
Win or lose, La Paloma viii adver-
tise Hawaii vastly and the enterprise
and outlay of the business community
in entering the yacht for the race ana
placing her in such shape as to render