The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-30
NEXT YEARS CUP SCURRY
CONTINUED rom page One.l

SSoitbIAIuSu 1ioL1i T"@c oACsy
new schooner for Catalina Yacht Club;
one from San Diego, the new ketch
for Mr.. Dorr, and one from Hawaii,
kamehameha.
This makes an even dozen entrants
for the big race. OF course, there are
many more boats on the Coast capable
of making the trip, but l am not count
ing on them. For instance, in Victoria
the yaw1 Ariadne might come. Seat
tie has the T~ramontana, formerly one
of the Sal Francisco Bay yachts; San
Francisco has the Lady Ada, and then
there is Storey's new schooner Chispa
and several other yachts big enough to
| make the voyage if the owners were
only willing to enter the race. San
Pedro has the schooner Ramona, Alo-
ha and Bailey's auxiliary yawl. San
Diego has the Josephine. These yachts
that are eligible would swell the num-
Der to "A but / believe it is quite safe
to expect a fleet of a dozen. This
would be one more than participated in
the greatest race ever held on the At
lantic for the German Emperor's $4,000
cup in 1905.
LAS a matter OF fact, our race last
| year was the greatest event in yacht
| Ing history lOF 1JUD. Tie race 10 DIT
muda, only $50 miles. was the next, but
out of the whole Atlantic squadron on
~ three showed up at the starting line
and only two finished the race, the
third returning, owing to bad weather
and hard luck. They were small boats,
not over forty feet deck length. One
was only 20 feet, and the owner had
his wife on board. This boat, the
Gauntlet, ran into a gale in the Gulf
Stream and was 8 days making the
| passage down.
1T seemed a wise provision in nam
ing our conditions that boats of not
less than forty feet water line length
should be eligible. The South Coast
Yacht Club make this the limit in their
conditions. While smaller boats can
make the voyage, they are too cramped
for carrying provisions and water and
cooking regular meals and their cruise
would be apt to end in a hard luck"
story which would nave a tendency to
discourage transpacific racing
THE South Coast Yacht Club are
commencing early to advertise the
event. This is an excellent idea for
it gives yachtsmen time to build boats
to enter the race. Several are now
building, the owners intending to enter.
The race has been a bonanza to the
| South Coast Club. Enthusiasm runs
high in the club because the two yachts
brought home the c~alabashes. The
membership of the club has doubled
and they have erected a SO, 900 club
house. The club have authorized $1,000
for rophies for tbs race. Owing to
there being so nan craft participating
they will have one large cup, and
probably three minor prizes, to making
things interesting for everyone. This
time it will not be a procession. Last
event the winner and order of arrival
was predicted correctly. Each took
a different course. Com. Sinclair chose
the best and followed the tradewind
belt. Next year probably all the
yachts will take the Lurline's path
across the chart. This viii tend to
make the event very even. The fin
ishes will be exciting for the yachts
are sure to be fairly well together on
their arrival off Diamond Head. We.
will have fifty amateur yachtsmen here
on the boats-probably more than this
number.
while the yachts were here last year
they simply remained in harbor. It
would be a great event to have a race
around the island wherein our local
yachts could compete with the visitors
Adding the Hawaii, Gladys. Helene,
Kapolei, La Paloma, K~amehameha and
Spray. would make a fleet of nineteen
yachts in a 120-mile contest. It would
be the banner event in yacht racing N
Hawaii. Probably when the visitors
leave here a race will be arranged to
Hilo, for. with the exception of Lurline.
none of the yachts nave been there. and
the owners and guests would like to
take in Hawaii's burning mountain.
The Los Angeles yachtsmen who
participated in the last race are enthu-
siastic about the next and all wish to
come gal with the feet.
While visiting Com. Sinclair I had
the pleasure of seeing the Hawaii cup.
1t is a magnificent trophy. larger and
handsomer than I pictured it from the
drawings. Com. Sinclair is wiling to
send it down here for exhibition any
time and L would suggest that this be
done for the donors and general public
should see the big silver calabash that
! was the talk of the world last year