The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-11
MUT|NY ABOARD
THE GWENDOLYN
CFrom sundays AdvertI,er.)

(FrOm sunday AdNertleerD
The eventual voyage of the good
little yawl Gwendolyn III. has not been
so pleasant for everybody aboard as
may have appeared. VIM. 3. Jack, one
Of the members Of her amateur crew,
returned from lIilo to Honolulu aboard
the Mauna Kea yesterday, leaving the
yawl to sail without him. His eye was
covered with a bandage and his face
bore marks Of violent usage.
Mr.. Jack states that Captain Red
fern, the navigator of the yacht, was
the man who assaulted him, and that
there had been more OF less trouble be-
tween the navigator and the rest Of
the crew ever since she arrived in San
! Francisco, on her way to San Pedro.
(, According to Mr.. Jacks story, he
went aboard the Gwendolyn last Mon
/ day morning in plenty of time for the
start and was greeted by Redfern in a
very surly aud abusive manner. When
Jack replied. Redfern seized small
belayingpin lying near and struck him
a blow in the face which cut a cash
in his forehead and effectually closed
up his right eve This staggered him
and he was prevented from fighting by
the other members of the crew, who
held him.
Then he hailed passing launch,
threw has dunnage in and came ashore
expressing his intention of finding a
doctor and having the wound, which
was bleeding copiously, sewn up. He
reached shore, was attended to by a
doctor, and then saw the Gwendolyn
in the offing with all sail set making
out to sea- Aboard of her there are
| bA Ilhn ppS ~
Captain Redfern to take her back ovel
the long stretch of ocean to Puge'
Sound.
, The trouble, so Mr.. Jack says, start
ed in San Francisco. Under the influ
, ence of liquor Redfern attacked young
, Russell, who is practically a cripple
and Jack stepped in to defend him
, Since that there has been more or les
4 friction aboard, although this was care
D fully covered up in Honolulu and no
even the yachtsmen on the other boat
had any mixing of it.
: 1t seems that there was quite pop
e ping of corks in Hilo and that Redferl
{ took sufficient liquor to make him mo
J. rose and il-natured. He was annoye,
s with Jack because the latter had no
o been aboard the night before and
: he was in mood to attack somebody
1t was rumored while the yacht we
g in Honolulu that Captein Redfern fel
. sighted because Dean Johnston re
II ceived the credit for sailing the zach
e in the race, while Redfern was no
: properly recognized for his work il
e navigating her. He brooded over this
and his feelings tobk possession of hi
3 haffar eanaa xybou Taok uoua him th
I opportunity by waiting till the las
minute to come aboard.
In a small yacht that is making
y long voyage, if there is no absolute
head of affairs and every man is a
good as another, there is certaint,
!. of trouble of this kind arising. Red
. fern apparently thought that his posi-
ton was not properly recognized an
}, the others had not sufficient diplomac
d to keep him rubbed the right way
Redfern knew that he was absolutel
e necessary to the boat as she must hav
II navigator and the Johnstons coul
q not afford, after the great expenses en-
n tailed by the trip, to pay a navigate
= to take them back to the Sound.
r Recognizing his necessity to tn
Il others and feeling his own Importance
IS Redfern evidently allowed a sense o
n it to grow on him and brooded whe
: it was not properly recognized by hi
g companions.
o Mr.. Jack will return to the Coas
aboard the Manchuria today and state
that he is very glad to be away fror
the yawl. He expresses belief tina
there will be trouble aboard of ser
GUS nature before she reaches port III
less Dean Johnston makes up his min
to appoint Redfern as absolute cal
tain of the vessel and defer to hii
in everything.