The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-16


are ten inches apart, of natural bends; |
she is copper riveted everywhere, cop |
pered from keelson to waterline, her |
outside planking two inches thick |
divided into three watertight compart- |
ments by bulkheads, rugged with chain |
plates. running rigging, stays, blocks
and general tackle that would fit a
craft twice her size. Expense has been
lavished to make her staunch- There
are no butts, every plank runs from
stem to stern and it will take years of
buffeting to make much impression on
her sturdy mould. Her cost viii prob
ably run close to $4,000 before she sails
out through the Golden Gate. She is
f1fty-seven feet over all, with a draft
OF seven feet. freeboard of four. and
a rail OF eighteen inches. She is flush
decked, with q beam of Is feet, and is
a roomy craft. Her clipper bow with
its ample flare means freedom from go
ing head under, and should keep her
nose well in air. Beneath the water
line her lines are better than those
that appear above. To the yachtsman
she would look better were she foot
or two longer, but she must prove an
excellent sea boat.
On deck, in davits, she carries four
teen-foot power launch, and double
ender whaleboat eighteen feet long,
which should prove invaluable for surf
landings and bar work. On deck, too,
are carried shear poles for unstepping
the masts when the exploration of Chi
nese rivers or other low bridged wa
! tiers is planned. Upon her deck also
will be carried many other things, for
despite her bulk, the craft has little
room for stowage.
| The big engine, the other machinery
with the shaft, takes up much OF the
space. Aft the gasoline monopolizes
| the usual lazarette storeroom- Mr.. Lon
don purposes carrying a library Of
some two thousand books: there Is
much stationery to go aboard, phon-
ograph, typewriters and two saddles
all of which will take much OF the
room usually devoted to stores Just
where the water tanks and the provi-
sions are going when everything else
is aboard is a puzzle that VIII doubt
less be solved satisfactorily by those
who sail. Certain it is that dunnage
will be condensed for everyone. The
forepeak will carry the chains and
spare gear 1t is to be hoped her high
freeboard will keep her free from seas
as it seems imperative to utilize much
of the deck for Iarder stores.
Her trial trip proved the Shark sea-
worthy and her engine powerful. she
ran gaily ten miles out to sea and came
as briskly back on the flood in dead
calm, while craft that had only san
! power stayed outside all night. she
steers with a weather helm and points
I'D closely under SAIL A ketch rig Is
not a fast one, but on the run to Ha-
waii,-her first anchorage,-the engine
should need only a perfunctory turning
over and before the steady trades, from
fourteen to seventeen days should IND
the yoyagers safe at Hilo.
AS the diagram shows, the Londons
have their cabins forward The main
cabin has bunk room for four more
while Captain Eames has his dorml-
tory aft of the engine, The galley IL
roomy and the bathroom a luxury
Both London and his wife are expert
swimmers but they will be wary OF
sharks and keep their natatory pleas
ures for guarded waters. Both TOO
revel in horseback riding and the Two
saddles carried with them will be In
frequent use ashore.
The vessel has an armament OF shot-
guns, Winchesters and reviewers, LOT
protection as we'll as sport, and TINS
will be added to later by small rapiu
firing gun. Cruising in the South seas
and Oriental waters is not entirely Iree
from excitement even nowadays and
the weapons may well prove neeoful'
The seven years of the cruise spell the
/ Seven Seas also for Mr.. London, VINO
has in mind the Amazon, the congo
the Zambesi, and the Nile before ne
again sees his nome rahch al NieH
I Ellen.
Present nlans include definitely only
Hawaii: a landing for the big island
nrobabIv at Hilo. a ride across and
about the island, taking in the volcano
land ending at Kailua where the SHARK
will Join her owner again. Lanai may
be visited and some time will be spent
on oahu, where the boat will rest In
the quiet waters of Pearl Harbor on
the bungalow of Commodore I. w
Hebron, of the Honolulu Yacht Cluo
4 who has placed it at Mr.. London's dis
posal. Quiet is what he is looking for
especially. While he is not going to
avoid social life entirely, there is worh
to be done and the ''owner ashore mas
lis liable sometimes to wave at vlsltors
under false Qretences.
Mr.. London works systematically two
and a half hours every day, his VIE
Iacting as his amanuensis. The rest Oh
the time not occupied by seamansnip
will be given up to the pleasures OF the
trip Everyone aboard stands watcn
and has a trick at the wheel, nclualhs
Mrs. London who shares all OF her nus
bands work and pastime, from atm
letics TO revising manuscript. Inc NoS
Iage can not be considered corltlh-
uous one Mr.. London calls the Snarh
his combination workshop, hotel ano
means of conveyance. He says they
Will probably be ashore three mohIhs
to every one month afioat.
The glamor of the sea held Lonoon
first in its thrau many years ago wlen
he went sealing and junketing apou'
the bay of San Francisco one OF ms
earliest stories had the trade WINDS Iof
inspiration. His earlier sailings now.
ever, were conducted on less exaitec
plane than that of owner OF ms FesseA
it is a far cry from the forecastie oil