The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-24
SPORTS
BIGPREPARATIONSFO FOR
TRANS-PACIFIC RACE
MUCH INTEREST ON COAST IN
NEXT YEARS EVENT-NOT LESS
THAN DOZEN STARTERS.

That the great TRANSATLANTIC Yacht
race of 1908 will be the biggest sport
ing event in the history of yachting in
the Pacific. or even in the world,
would seem to be assured from the
preparations which are making on
the coast That interest is not lackinS
is evidenced by the following article
reprinted from the pink sheet section
of the Los Angeles Times for May -:
| The trans-Pacihc yacht race from
San Pedro to Honolulu promises to be
splendid event, with a large number
of entries. The San Francisco yachts
men will be represented The Victoria
Yacht Maple Leaf will enter Seattle
promises to enter her yachts The
whole Pacific coast will be interested,
from Victoria to San Diego, for they
will all be eager to have their favorites
bring home the coveted trophy.
The yachts in the 1908 trans-Pacitic
race likely will be:
one from Victoria, the Maple Leaf;
three from Seattle, the Bonita, and
new schooner and yawl building; three
from San Francisco-Jessie, Mike, Han
ify (schooner) two from San Pedro
Anemone and Lurline; one from Cata-
lima, a new schooner for Catalina
Yacht Club; one from San Diego-the
new ketch for Mr.. Dorr! and one from
Hawaii-the Kamehameha.
This makes an even dozen. There
are many more boats on the coast ca
pable of making the trip, but they are
not counted on For instance, the
, yawl Ariadne might come from Vic
toria. Seattle has the Tramontana, for
merly one of the San Francisco Bay
yachts San Francisco has the Lady
Ada and there is Storys new schoon-
er Chipsa and several other yachts big
enough to make the voyage if the
owners were willing to enter the race.
San Pedro has the schooner Ramona,
Aloha and Bailey's auxiliary yawl
San Diego has the Josephine These
yachts that are eligible would swell
the number to twenty-four and Z. w
Hebron of the Honolulu Yacht Club
expects a fleet of a dozen. This would
be one more than participated in the
greatest race ever held on the Atlantic
for the German Emperors $4,000 cup II
1905
The race last year was the creates
/ event in yachting history for 1906
The race to Bermuda, only $50 mile
was the next, but out of the who'll
Atlantic squadron only three Shove,
up at the starting line and only tw
s finished the race, the third returning
owing to bad weather and hard luck
They were small boats, not over fort!
n feet deck length. One was only twenty
nine feet and the owner had his wifi
on board This boat, the Gauntler
ran into a gale in the Gulf stream
and was nine days making the passag
down.
WATER-LINE LENGTH.
e The conditions are that boats of no
less than forty feet water-line lengtI
d shall be eligible. The South Coas
Yacht Club make this the limit +
- their conditions. While smaller boat
/ can make the voyage, they are to
cramped for carrying provisions an
water and cooking regular meals, an
/ their cruise would be apt to end in
hard luck" story which would have
tendency to discourage trans-Pacih
racing.
Yachtsmen have time to construC
boats for the race. Several are no
building, the owners intending to ente
The race has been a bonanza to tn