The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-22
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The captain has just called me OF
deck (S:45 p. NO. to see the bark a.
we pass her. She was close on oul
weather beam, so close that we could
almost hail her, In the dim moonlight
that filters through the clouds, she rear
ed above us like a phantom ship. A
very hackneyed phrase I had Away:
thought that to be. until tonight Al
we passed her and she veered off tt
cross our wake, the effect of ghostls
majesty was quite eerie. 1T was a re-
lief to see the side lights shining
brightly, sure proof that here was nc
stricken waff of the ocean come tC
bring us head winds and i'll luck.
SQUARE SAIL AND RAFFE IN
USE.
Friday, July 10.-Lat. IS deg. SO min.
N, long. 100 deg. SO min. w. Distance
IT'S miles. That is quite falling from
the triumphant 100 of yesterday but
the wind has been far less steady and
we ran into a heavy beam sea, early
this morning, that Joggles all the wind
out of our sails except when the breeze
is strong. The log was sad de-
ceiver as it showed 202 miles; but this
is accounted for by the fact that we
have been running up and down hill
and the rollers cause the yacht to veer
however careful the man at the wheel
may be.
We have not run into the regular
trade winds yet. What wind there is
comes from the north, but there must
be several points of east in it before
we have it over the quarter.
I was awakened this morning at 6
o'clock by hearing the captain give the
order to set square sail and raffe.
rushed joyfully on deck in my pyja-
mas to add $50 pounds TO the weight
on the haulyards. I expected to find
the wind was on our quarter. 7 was
disappointed in this, but 1t was far
enough aft of the beam to enable us
to carry the kites and they drew fine
iy after they were set.
BY the way we have just had dis
cussion on the correct spelling of haul
yard I said haulyard. Bill was sure
IT was halyard. Dan got as far as
..f-a-double r and then fell into a
deep sleep. I appealed to the captain
and he said it is ballard and produced
written authority so ballard it shall
be henceforth.
Bill gave us a surprise at noon to-
day: he marched on deck arrayed in
a fancy costume which, he assured us,
would certainly bring fair wind. For
coat he had one of the style known as
cut away and it fitted him quick" An
enormous stand-up collar that reach
ed to his ears had been made by TAX
ing a turnover collar and fiattening
it out A black silk tie of generous
proportions held the collar in place
and, for head gear. he had a brass
lamp shade held in place by string and
set with a rakish list to leeward. His
legs were encased in pair of orange
colored worsted hose and he wore his
patent feathers The effect was Won
derfully natural and he might well
have stepped out of a Cruikshank pic
fure in a Dickens novel. But | am
sorry to say that his intentions were
not smiled on by the powers that hold
the winds in leash.
The captain called me out to the end
of the bowsprit this morning: IF you
want something to write poetry about,
he said, ''come ard look aft at this
cloud of sail, there is a theme to keep
you busy He was perfectly right, it
was a sight not only to gaze at but
to bring a keen throb of pride to think
that I was sailing aboard so queenly
a craft:
From the curving line of her prancing
bow.
Whence the water slips away.
To the noble height where a fine black
thread
Marks the reach of her topmast stay,
A cloud of glistening canvas sweiIs
To the touch of the following breeze.
All brimming with life as she coyly
dips
To the kiss of the counting seas.
THE FIRST OF THE TRADE
WINDS
Saturday. July 11.--Lat 81 deg. So
min. N, long. 1873 deg. 80 min. w. Dis
lance 1853 Another fall down in dis
lance but the winds have been very
light and variable and we can only
hope that the others have been in the
same way.
But tonight, oh Joy, we have the real
trades Blowing from due north it is
true but booming into the sails COM
fortably abaft the beam and taking
the good yacht along at fine speed.
II was not till after o'clock this
afternoon that it began, to breeze up,
vet the log shows 35 miles for the
two dog watches and the wind is
freshening. Provided the Lurline has
the same wind we have distinct adj
vantage over her in that she can not
carry her spinnaker while our square
sail is pulling like a steam hoist. OF
course the Lurline has a big ballooner
but I am inclined to believe that. with
all its size. il can not do the work of
our wel1-fitting square sail and raffe.
Today the high drowsy fog gave place
to loose scuds of vapor that wirled and
Haunted over the sea. The sun came
out early and soon had the fog dried
up except for a few wreaths that twist
ed and twined in their efforts to es-
cape the destroying warmth. During
the morning the wind was very light
but early in the afternoon, few tenta-
tive puffs ruffled the water and brought
more scurrying fog clouds. Soon after
the watch was changed at 4 o'clock a
steady wind was blowing from the
north and now we are scudding along
before a twelve to fourteen knot breeze.