The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-11

From an account of the opening of
$4,000 clubhouse, by Mrs NJ. P. Ma
rotz in the Pasadena (Cal) News of
Feb. II the following extracts are TAX
en-. II. H. Sinclair, owner of the yacht
Lurline, is Commodore of this club:
CONDENSED LOG. June, 1906-Feb.
1907.-First transpacific race won by
Lurline between San Pedro and Homo
lulu. Time y days hours 80 min
utes, against Anemone's IA days so min
utes, and La Paloma Is days IL hours
20 minutes. Start Monday, June II,
1906.
Opening of new clubhouse Feb. 9,
1907.
A yacht race between the Pacific
coast and the Hawaiian Islands was
one of the long planned for feats in
yachting circles, and when We speak
of yachting circles it is hardly ex
act to make it plural, for rather there
is but one circle, with many lotteries
whose pleasure it is to tell the salt
sea tales of wind and gale, and Gains
that Gained too soon, of trophies won
They're always won) lost never, and
pray in all the realm of sport where
is there a prettier sight than hand
some little yacht. with sails all set,
and man may be forgiven for his 10y
atty to the verge of inexact data, as
to her prowess, for is he not mascu-
line and is she not feminine, and it
would be ungallant to allow discrimi-
nation against her whims and foibles
It was with a patriotism that reach
ed to the middle of the Pacific and to
little La Paloma, a loyalty to the
bravery of our down east guest, the
Anemone, that travelled many miles
to show us the type of boat the New
York pennant floats over, and with
admiration unparalleled for the Lur-
line that had made good in $4,000
miles of English, French, German and
American waters, each carrying its
own argument that appealed to our
various moods, sentiment, heredity,
loyalty, with just tipping of the bal
ance in favor of little La Paloma,
whose right it seemed to be to pilot
her guests safely into port.
No one has ever lived in the Ha-
waiian Islands, who has not become
her hypnotic subject and a willing
Gevotee to her occult charms, and so
while perfectly loyal to our very own,
we felt that they had proven their
pennants and our little adopted fairy
would fly the waters she knew SO well
and win her own trophy, in the light
breezes that were probable at that
season of the year
However, in this we reckoned not
on the real strength of our own well
tried representative, the Lurline, so
well built and rugged for speed and
carefully manned by that staunch
Pasadenan, Commodore H. H. Sinclair
of the South Coast Yacht club, and
whose former transpacific trips had
no doubt added to his nautical knowl-
edge in the southern deep sea waters.
While the whole Pacific coast was
waiting with intense interest for the
contamination of arrangements be-
tween the Hawaiian committee and
that of the Pacific coast, the delay
carried with It the unutterable ruin of
our neighboring city and the necessary
transference from the fifth of May at
San Francisco to the eleventh of June
at San Pedro and under the manage
ment of the South Coast Yacht club.
Had this not been brought about
through so dire a calamity, we would
have welcomed the change, owing to
the superiority of the smooth south
ern coast and the opportunity to
prove what an ideal location we pos
sessed for just this sort of sport.
AS Hawaii is the real home and
birthplace of all aquatic sports she
had long anticipated this first regatta
and had prepared with regal hospi-
tally for their reception.
To attend a Hawaiian regatta where
club honors and trial races from the
surf board to the steamer, in a smaller
way are of every day occurrence, and
where the special fete is a national
holiday, given over to good natured
rivalry, is to bask in dreamland and
be stirred only by the flutter of wings
as they dip and plash on the grass-like
surface, for this is the marine show
ground of the world and yachting suits
are as familiar as four-in-hands and
tailored cuts. And we anticipate the
time when we will have our yearly
Yacht race, timing it SO as to reach
there for their annual fete day. And
we also anticipate the tune "hen we
may take passage on a sailing sloop,
for a real Bohemian vacation, even
though we have not yet learned to love |
the odors of a discharged sugar cargo, |
for be il known odors remain after the !
sweetness has been transferred.
We all remember how anxiously we |
watched the cables from Honolulu and |
how in our imagination we stood on |
PaIolo Heights, watching for the first /
mere speck in the distance and with /
what signal honors the South Coast
rounded the historic /
headland, wondering how many had ,
made port in advance of her. But joy
was only complete when each put
safely in, and the reunion was crown
"a with the perfect halo of good fell
owship and n comparison OF each day
run made.
This. interesting as IL was. was only
the preface to the further activity or
The South Coast clubs permanence'
and the tonic toward future victories
10 be sought. by It's locating and build
Ing in less than "A year heanutui
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