The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-09
GWENDOLyN
ARRIVES SAFE
Transpacific Racing Yacht in
Gale Between Seattle
and Frisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2.-There is
a. prospect of the Gwendolyn II. en-
tering the race around the lightship,
which will be held next Saturday under
the auspices of the San Francisco Yacht
Club. The yawl belongs to Seattle, and
arrived here last Wednesday from the
northern port after a stormy passage,
during which she was hove to for sixty
nine hours. The northern yaehtsmen
intended to sail for the south en- We'd
nesday, put will probably wait for the
race.
The race around the lightship is a
new fixture on the program of the
local clubs, and as the handsome Shreve
trophy is 10 be awarded to the winning
yacht, large entry is expected. The
presence of the Gwendolyn will give a
line on the ability-of the local yachts to
compete with craft from outside ports.
On Sunday last the Gwendolyn went up
to Mare Island light and met the fleet
of the San Francisco Yacht Club, which
was engaged in handicap race from
Vallejo to Sausalito. The Gwendolyn
joined the racers and made fine pas
sage to Sausalito. Although she was
beaten by small margin by the Mon
soon and the Challenger, she showed
that she was a fast boat, and had her
sailing master been better acquainted
with the tides in San Pablo and the
upper bay, the Gwendolyn would prob
ably have done better.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-After a
stormy passage from Puget Sound the
yawl Yacht Gwendolyn II. came in
through the heads yesterday afternoon,
and took up an anchorage off the club
house of the San Francisco Yacht Club
at Sausalito. The crew was none the
worse of it's battle with the Pacific
Ocean, and the yachtsmen soon made
themselves at home in the rooms of the
San Francisco Club at Sausalito.
The Gwendolyn is yawl-rigged craft,
measuring 40 feet over all, with a beam
of 16 feet and a draft of feet. She
left Cape Flattery on May 90 at Q "a. M,
with southeast wind and a cross sea.
Off Cape Blanco the weather moderated,
but when nearing Cape Mendocino a
northwest gale was encountered which
tested the little craft to her utmost.
The vessel was hove to and remained
thus for sixty-nine hours, during which
time the crew had the utmost difficulty
in keeping her head to the sea by,
hoisting the peak of the jigger. Several
seas came aboard and threatened to
swamp the yacht, but the Gwendolyn
proved a stanch sea boat and with
everything battened down tight rode
out the storm without damage.
On Wednesday morning the weather
moderated enough for the crew to set
a reefed mainsail and Point Reyes was
sighted at l o 'elock yesterday morning.
The balance of the voyage was easy.
At 10:30 yesterday forenoon the yacht
vas off Point Bonita, and at 1890 the
anchor was dropped at Sausalito.
The crew which made the trip con
sisted of the three owners of the yacht,
=. B. Johnson, Dean Johnson and Henry
Henke, with J. Redfern as navigating
officer, W. B. Jack as mate, and E. J.
Russell as cook.
The Gwendolyn II. is on her way to
San Pedro, from which port she will
start on July 4 in the ocean race to be
held from that port to Honolulu under
he auspices Of the South Coast Yacht
Club of Los Angeles and the Hawaii
Yacht Climb of Honolulu.
The Daily Commercial News of San
Francisco, of June 1, has the follow
ng TO say of the little yacht Gwen
1olyn in the shipping column: