Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-01
HAWAII
COMPARES WELL
HAS MANY ADVANTAGES OVER
HER RIVALS
THESE MAY coUNTERBALANcE
~HER DISADVANTAGES
Opinions of Yachtsmen Are That She
Is the One Boat That the LurIne
Will Have to Beat for
Trophy

Since the arrival of the yacht Hawaii
in San Pedro harbor there has been
much talk among the experts as to her
chances of winning the race. She has
many points in her favor that may
more than counterbalance the lack of
water line length, which, in her case,
is some twenty feet less than that Of
the Lurline, the South Coast Yacht
club entry.
Above decks she is designed for sail
handling, and her crew will have
great advantage over the crews of all
the other entries in the great race. In
the first place, she has a flush deck,
and all ropes that lead to the deck are
easily reached, hauled and Delayed. On
her foremast is a long yard which
| swings on a gooseneck, just below the
| lower forestry. Below this yard de-
| pend two sails which are brailed to
the mast when not in use. When the
| yacht is running before the wind one of
| these sails is hauled out on the yard
and the lower outboard end is sheeted
to the end of the spinnaker boom.
There are two of these booms, one on
either side of the mast, and they are
hinged so that they can be dropped at
moments notice. When the wind is
aft the beam the square sail can be
hauled out on the yard, the weather
boom dropped and both yard and boom
can be squared to the wind in the same
way that the square sails on wind
| jammer are braced. Should it be nee
essary to jibe, all the crew has to do is
| to brazil in the square-sail, hoist the
boom and, after the mainsail and fore
sail have swung over, haul out the
square-sail on the other side and drop
| the other boom.
The Hawaii may be jibed in this way
in about one-tenth of the time that the
fastest of crews could do the same on
the Lurline. The latter yacht has a
large spinnaker and long and heavy
boom. In order to jibe the crew must
| go through quite a complicated rou-
tine. Topsails must be lowered and
changed over the stays. This means
two men aloft. Then the spinnaker
must be lowered and the heavy boom
lifted out of it's seating at the mast, the
inner end carried aft and the whole
spar swung out on the other side. The
spinnaker then is made fast to halyards
on the other side and hoisted, hauled
out on the boom, which, in it's turn, is
sheeted to the proper angle, according
to the direction of the wind. In sloop-
rigged racing yachts the boom is swung
aloft by a tackle and dropped on the
other side when jibing, but this is inn
possible in a schooner on account of
the multiplicity of foregear and stays.
| Above the yard on the Hawaii there
is a three -cornered sail known as a
"raffey." This sail fills the space be-
tween the end of the yard and the top
of the mast. When both the raffey and
! square sail are set one has as large a
sail as a spinnaker and one much more
| easily handled.
| The Hawaii has wonderful lines for
| her length and has proved herself a
wonder in windward work. Before the
wind her sharp rising bow enables the
square sail to lift her through the
water instead of burying her. This all
! Is very much in her favor, but she has
to reckon with a yacht that has long
water line and great power below the
sea line. When the Lurline is running
| before the wind her long keel and i'm
| mense sail area enable her to keep on
steady course at a great speed. The
| Hawaii, with her shorter water line
and overhanging bow. will have ten
| dency to veer as every swell hits her,
and the tiller work will deaden her
way. 1t is a matter to be decided by
| the race whether the up-to-date design
| of the Hawaii and her clever sail
handling arrangements will more than
account for the water power of the
Lurline and the pull of her higher
| sails.
| Under the rules for this race it is
| conceded that Gwendolyn II has a
| slim chance only. This yaWl from Sc
attle has a deep body and very clean
lines from her taffrail down over the
bilge to the keel Should there be any
| f1ukiness in the weather and a chance
for some windward work the northern
yacht has a fine chance. She appears
very small alongside the Hawaii and
Lurline, but she has one great advan-
| tage, and that is power in the water.
In a heavy swell she can do the ''rock-
inghorse'' movement and swing along
when a boat with less depth would be
| standing still.
Lady Maud, from San Diego, is an
unknown quantity. She has the ap-
pearance of being clumsy in the wa
| ter, but when she lists over 1t is quite
possible that she will find her lines and
run before the northeast trade winds
| in a way to surprise everybody. She
has a heavy bilge and high, bluff
bow, but it is very doubtful whether
| she can lay over and take the wind
over her quarter and keep up with the
Lurline with her clean lines and long
| keel.
Captain Harris of the Hawaii has
the cut of real sailor man and he
knows the island waters well. He
sailed schooner between the ports of
the different islands for many years
and knows those waters like book.
He has the advantage of having
cruised here from Honolulu and has
had the opportunity to train his crew
until they work together like a ma
chine. He appreciates the advantage
the Lurline has with her great water
line, but feels confident that the Ha-
wall will hold her nose up and sweep
along before the wind as swiftly as
her larger rival.
Boston Nationals got Pitchers Young
and Mccarthy from Pittsburg In ex-
change for Pitcher Irving Young. Tom
Mccarthy twirled for Newark last
year and Pittsburg got him from Gin
cinnati IIartle Young went to Wich-