The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-29
The Ocean Yacht Race


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The following local correspondence
relative to the transpacifie yacht race
appeared in a recent issue of the Sal
Francisco Chronicle. A large cut o
the proposed trophy also appeared:
HONOLULU, January 13.-The Ha
waii Yacht Club Of Honolulu, Territory
of Hawaii, has offered handsome sole
silver $500 trophy for yacht race
from San Francisco to Honolulu, tt
take place May ), 1906, and il there
arc three yachts entered, a second prize
| viii be offered. All the yachts partici
patlng Will receive a silver souvenir
| 1t is required that all yachts entering
| must belong to some recognized yacht
| club, and must not be less than forty
feet deck length.
| There will DE no restrictions as to
| sails carried, number of crew. profess
| sional sailors or navigators. The usual
rules of the road will govern the race.
| Time allowance will be computed as
| follows: One hour per foot of length
| for the entire distance. Length to be
the load waterline, plus one-half over
hangs. Measurements to be made when
all provisions and water are aboard and
the yacht ready for sea.
The race will start from Meiggs
wharf, San Francisco, Saturday, May
., 1906. 1t will be one-gun start, all
times being taken then.
The finish will be off Diamond Head
light, Honolulu. The lighthouse must
be abeam and yacht must signal by
displaying private flag. In case of ar
rival at night, yacht must burn Coston
e,,.x IL.
and another when the light is abeam,
and receive in each case, at the finish,
a reply from the station A Waterman
will be on hand day and night at sta
ton to time arrivals. Yachts may then
proceed to harbor, observing the usual
United States quarantine regulations.
All expense of pilotage, towing, har
Dor dues and fresh water will be borne
by the Hawaii Yacht Club.
The Hawaii trophy for the trans
pacific race is very handsome, mas
sive, solid silver calabash, resting on a
pedestal made from choice island wood, !
with fringe of silver waves and sport |
ing dolphins on the base. The calabash
is a unique idea, being a facsimile of |
the Hawaiian receptacle in which the |
native people place their ''poi,'' the |
staff of life of the Hawaiians They |
are manufactured usually from wood |
being turned from large tree stumps, |
but the smaller ones are made from
cocoanut shells. The trophy will be |
fifteen inches in diameter and gold |
lined. On one side the old, grim crater |
of Diamond Head, the most prominent |
land mark in Hawaii, will be engraved, |
showing the beautiful Waikiki beach |
and the tropical cocoa palms. On the |
reverse will be engraved a picture of |
the winning yacht and the inscription |
Much interest is being taken in the |
race in Honolulu, and the schooner
yacht La Paloma has entered the race
and will compete with the Pacific Coast |
yachts. She will be sailed up next
April and be ready for the start on
May 9Th, the date of the race.
Charles L. Tut of Colorado Springs
has large auxiliary yacht now on her
way from New York around the horn.
She will reach San Francisco in time
for the race and will probably be one
of the contestants. She is 116 feet
long and is rugged as a ketch, rig
that is seldom seen in the Pacific, but
a very excellent one for sea-going
boats. The Anemone will create new
among the yachtsmen, for,
with her peculiar rig and auxiliary
power and size, she will be an object OF
Importance in the pleasure
fleet. She is intended for ocean cruis-
ing.
Of the San Francisco yachts that
can maze the rip to the Islands and
whose owners have the time to spend
in such cruise there are about five
These are the Aggie, owned by James
V. Coleman; Ramona, owned by Doug
Ass White; Mike, owned by Fulton F.
Berry; the new yacht now being built
for George A. Story over at Sausalito,
and the Tramontana, owned by Harry
5impkins.
Word has been received at Honolulu
hat Mr.. Sinclair of San Diego will
race the schooner yacht Lurline, for
nerly owned by John D. Spreckels.
From the past performances of the
yachts mentioned, including La Paloma,
which was a San Francisco yacht in
Ter time, having been built by the
stones, the race should go to the Lur-
inc, which has several ocean races to
Ter credit when the company was much '
aster. Y
If the local yachts take part in the
ace it will have the effect of produc-
ng a fleet of ocean-going yachts, for
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