The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-03
LURLINERS
ARE HOME
Yachtsmen Tell of Good
Times Experienced
in Honolulu.

The following extracts from Coast
papers give some little idea of how
Honolulu a while on pleasure bent:
Louis vetter returned to Los Angeles
from Honolulu yesterday, accompanied
| by Eugene Overton and DR.. Milbank
Johnson, and the three travellers are
now relating to their friends the de-
lights Of an ocean voyage. They sailed
away from San Pedro some weeks ago
on the yacht Lurline that won the
ocean race with the Anemone and La
Paloma from san Pedro to Honolulu.
The other men on the boat were II. H.
crew of seven.
Mr.. Vetter speaks in terms Of great
praise of the treatment accorded the
party by the people of Honolulu and
saws that they were wined and dined in
true oriental style. They had de-
lightful trip over and for the first two
days every one was sick but III. H.
Sinclair, but after getting away from
struck the trade winds and everything
was lovely. They had fine weather all
the way and the only accidents were
the breaking of several spinnaker sails
that were blown out in souall when
but a few days out from land.
The Lurline took Honolulu by sur
prise by reaching there before she was
expected. She crossed the finish line
about 7:30 o'clock in the evening which
was announced by the blowing of
whistles. People rushed from their
evening meal and some tumbled out Of
bed and hurried down to the landing
pace and large crowd greeted the
sailors
Mr.. Vetter says that they were hon
ored with several banquets where
everyone ate the native delicacies with
their fingers. The climate is delightful
but there is a sun shower about every
five minutes. The party stayed at the
best hotels and saw about everything
that was to be seen, except the volcano
which is not active now. The only
Los Angeles man he saw that he knew
was Bob" Kidd. who was formerly
on a local newspaper and is now con-
nected with the Star of Honolulu. The
party remained in the island ten days.
Mr.. Sinclair and his son were to have
sailed home in the Lurline leaving Ho-
nolulu July 9Th, and intend to take their
time coming home.-San Pedro News.
Mr. Louis Vetter, DR.. Milbank john
son and Mr.. Eugene (FritZ) Overton
reached home in safety this week after
their momentous trip to Honolulu. They
adorned the deck of Commodore Sin
clair's yacht, the Lurline, in her vic
torious race to the Islands and have
come home tanned and as eft as fid-
dies Commodore Sinclair is sailing
his schooner home, while his friends re-
turned by steamer. Mr.. Vetter gives
a lively description of the voyage and
the ten days sojourn in the Islands.
Some fear had been expressed by his
friends that the debonair Louis. having
last year eluded all the charms of the
maidens of Europe, might be captured
by some dusky Hawaiian princess, but
though on his departure he was heavily
laden with wreaths and regrets, he man
aged to escape. The LurlineS party
and the other yachtsmen were feted by
Governor Carter and other dignitaries
of the Islands, and saw all there was
be seen. Mr.. Vetter learned to eat
poi with two fingers and accumulated
half a dozen Hawaiian phrases which |
have almost obliterated the cockney ac- |
cent he acquired in London last year,
Los Angeles Graphic.