The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-21

will be done and in the mean
time the little vesse1 will be put in
trim shape. She was not finished
when she left San Francisco, owing
to the difficulty of getting work done
Her gasoline engine, which tore itself
loose from it's bed plate while in San
Francisco harbor, will be repaired here
and the whole interior will be finished
and painted, and a number of new ar
rangements made according to Mr.
London's ideas.
Captain Roscoe L. Games, who is re-
lated by marriage to Mrs. London, and
is the sailing master of the party, feels
especially proud of the Shark and OF
himself, in the present trip. Captain
Games is a veteran yachtsman, and a
member of the several yacht clubs OF
San Francisco, but this was his first
long cruise.
considering that we had little wind
, said he Il think we made a very good
trip. We sailed about 1900 miles, com.
ing away south of direct course un.
til we were almost directly under the
sun. or almost to 10 latitude. Their
we ran due west for a few days, ant
then headed almost ;dde northwest
shaping to raise the east coast OF Nah
which we did on Friday afternoon
when about 100 miles off shore three
points on the port quarter, just as haC
figured. Then we had so little winC
that we could not get in until Mon
day Almost all Sunday we were be
Gained off Makapuu Point too fal
around to be sighted by the Diamond
| Head light Sunday night was an anx
ious one for me. as we had no steerag,
way, and Just drifted around anC
around and the currents carried u!
too close to the reefs for comfort w,
were thinking very seriously of getting
out the tender and trying to tow out o.
danger, when we got a few little puff
! that took us out of trouble
When the Shark was boarded by tn,
Star reporter shortly after she haC
anchored in Pearl Harbor yesterda,
morning, Mr.. London and his wife ha
! already gone ashore, and Capital
Games and his little crew were pre-
pairing to get most of the dunnag
ashore. The Sharks appearance di,
not resemble in neatness a Unite,
States manEof-war, being decided.
unkempt with all sorts of things strewi
about her deck. This was partly du
to the fact that they were breaking
stuff out to take ashore.
The Shark carries two boats, one
good sized life boat which was KEEP
fully equipped and provisoned 70
emergency, and the other SINAI
gasoline tender. These boats wer
dashed on chalks on either side of tn
deck, and occupied a good deal q
space. The most striking impressio
one got by going through the littl
vessel was the wonderful amount :
stuff which she carried, Of every des
cription, and the ingenuity which ha
been displayed in slowing it. Not
bit of space was wasted anywhere. TT
quarters strike one as being very small
but they are fitted with electric light
and fans and must be comparative
comfortable. \
The Sharks library comprises son
500 volumes, including most of M
, London's own works. These bool
were much read by all hands, ar
would have been almost indispensable
Reading and card playing formed Il
choice amusements, although the me
of the party frequently braved Il
sharks. and went swimming over Il
= side. In this sport Herbert Stolz, Il
= Kauai boy who has been a student
= the Stanford University east
: excelled, jumping from the bowspr
+ and catching rope at the stern as Il
D vessel swept past him.
5 Young Stolz is the son of the Depu
l Sheriff who many years ago was sh
by a desperate leper who refused
a be taken into custody.
t Martin Johnson, who is on the shir
: papers as cook, comes from Indepen
j ence, Kansas. He is a watchmak
3 and engraver by trade, but has spe
t number of years in Europe, and dl
ferent parts of the United States. +
3 is one of the 500 or more who wrote lie
f tiers to London, volunteering their sc
! vices, and his application appeared
8 impress itself more particularly on Il