Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-07
Yachtsmen Have jolly
Time At Annual Banquet
Alec Lyle Elected Commodore
For 1908 IS Other Officers
Selected.-Talk OF
Yacht

The yachting season for the year
of 1908 was formally and officially
opened last night at the annual ban
quet of the Hawaii Yacht Club at
the Young Hotel, when a new Com
modore and all the various other
officers were elected to serve for the
coming season. The meeting and
banquet were both carried out splen-
didly. Everyone was jolly and opti-
mistic references to the future of
yachting in local waters were the
order of the evening.
The regular business part of the
gathering was. as ex-Commodore II.
Il. Cooper, the POSTMASTER, stated.
served in courses. The Commodore
first called for the annual report of
the secretary of the club, T. II. Pc
trie. In the statement that followed
1t developed that the Hawaii Yacht
Club had balance of $3.50 on
hand at the present time, with an in.
debtedness of $i20 to Offset It..
Toastmaster Cooper then called on
Secretary c. T. Wilder for a state
ment of the financial conditions Of
the trans-Pacific yacht Hawaii. AL
though Mr.. Wilder had no written
report, he was able to, and he did,
reel off set OF figures concerning
the yacht that might have been cal
culated to make the head of a novice
whirl. lie first made mention OF the
fact that the Hawaii had already
cost In the neighborhood OF $4,000,
Of which amount $4,000 had been adj
yanccd; and then he called the at
tcntion of those present to another
stern reality, that there was $4,000
still needed to send the yacht OFF to-
ward the mainland free from debt
Of which amount he felt he could
raise from various sources the sum OF
at least $500. " .''
1T will never do" he continued
FOR the yacht Hawaii to start of fol
the Coast leaving trail of back bills
behind. And ! want to impress on
each and every one OF you, as well ~
every citizen In the Islands, the ne
cessity of doing all In your power tC
get donations, no matter how small
They all help, and II will be for {
worthy cause. IL does not necessar
lily follow that the donations must b,
IN cash. Articles or provisions use
full on tho yacht are just as accept
able. and more so, for that matter
Mr. w. II. Mclnerny has prepared ;
printed slip of what is still lacking
1t behooves you all to read that
then get busy" ...
These straight-from-t he-shouldc
talks aroused an enthusiasm that will
surely be of great value to the yacht
and Il was not lessened when Secre
tary McInerny, "Trans-Pacifc Bill,
as he was affectionately designated
told of the work done by the com
mittec of which he has been the act
i've head.
we started out to create real
ity from dream" he said, land !
has been done. But things hay,
come slowly, there has been the us
ual quota of knockers on hand, an,
work, work, work was the only wa!
anything could be done. Some smil
ed at the proposition, and som
damned It. But the launching of tn
Hawaii last Saturday removed an.
doubt from our minds. Our dream
had come true"
Mr.. Mclnerny paid high compll
ment to the firm OF Sorenson e. Lyl
when he said that without their un
firing efforts and spirit the zach
would never have been built. T,
construct such boat other than un
der conditions such as this one wa
constructed would necessitate an ex
penditure of at least $4,000. MI
McInerny also oulogized Clarenc
Macfarlane, who sailed the La Pa
Iona in the last race across the Pa
cific Ocean, stating that he had play
ed a great part In an event whic
viii some day become the creates
of It's kind In the world.
Commodore Cooper called for tn
election OF officers, and immediatel