The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-05
YACHT HAWAII
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of champagne and as she did so gang
of men hauled away at the jacks.
Down below Jamie Wilder chanted an
appropriate mele.
As the yacht commenced to move
Miss Wilcox said, IT christen thee 'Ha-
waii,'" and released her hold on the
bottle. 1t struck the side of the yacht
but with not enough force to break
the glass. At the second attempt, how
ever, the bottle was completely shat
tered.
Three cheers for the Hawaii"
shouted the crowd. The band struck
up Hawaii Ponoi, and whistles toot-
ed merrily.
Then, to the dismay of everybody,
the yacht stopped ~after having slid a
few feet and refused. to be budged.
A small launch came along and put
a rope on her but was presently re-
lieved by Young Bros powerful tug
Huki Hud which took a line and
'steaming dead ahead soon had a. strain
on the rope. Still there was no move
ment. In response to the increased
strain the hawser broke and a. new one
was substituted. While man. was
helping to make this fast he fell from
the ways and received q ducking
greatly to the amusement of the crowd
The new rope stood the strain better
than its predecessor and sfrieks of de-
light bore witness to the fact that the
Hawaii had made fresh start on her
journey to the ocean.
Another stop. "Huki huki," shouted
a hundred voices excitedly. The tug
hukied for all she was worth and the
yacht was got going again, and this
time there was no stopping, for the
tug kept on pulling, and gathering
speed at every additional foot gained,
the Hawaii slid gracefully into the wa
ter and was soon floating like duck.
As she glided from the ways the
yachts cannon roared out a salute to
the crowd which cheered frantically,
the band again played Hawaii Po-
noi' and the whstling of the tugs,
launches and steamers started again
and continued for several minutes.
The yacht took the water at 6:17,
just as the sun went down. Her APP
pearance in the water elected many
and they were well merit
ed for the Hawaii is certainly a thor
oughbred in every line.
Some of the cradle went into the
water with the yacht, the reason being
that the tug kept on pulling until the
yacht was in the water and a portion
Of the cradle went with the boat.
The Hawaii is now moored off the
marine railway. The next thing done
will be to put ballast in her, then, on
their arrival, the masts will be stepped.
Tuning up will follow, then the trial
cruises and along about the beginning
Of May the yacht will set sail for the
Coast on her quest of the cup taken
from here two years ago by the speedy
schooner yacht Lur1ine.
After the launching there was great
rush for souvenirs and anything con-
nected with the ceremony which &C uld
be carried away was eagerly sought
for. A piece of glass from the bottle
Of champagne flew on the platform and
was caught by Commodore Cooper who
presented it to Miss Wilcox as me-
mento of the occasion. It had the
abel word Champagne" on it.
With the launching of the Hawaii a
great load is removed from the minds
Of her builders, Messrs. Sorenson &
Lyle. James Lyle has hardly left the
yard since construction started and ev-
erything done on the boat has been
lnueI MS peESOHdI SUPERVISION iIS
same may be said of Alec Lyle, who
has been chosen to captain the Ha-
vail in her coming race. The yacht is
certainly a credit to them and would
,e to any shipbuilders.
The design was obtained from B. B.
of Boston and construc-
ion started about the middle of Nov
,mber
Great praise is due the Transpacifc
Yacht Committee for the way in which
hey have taken the matter in hand
md brought it to a successful issue,
W. H. McInerny and CAT.
Wilder.
The masts and spars should arrive
ria the isthmus on or about April "a.