Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
GWENDOLYN II
HAS LONG TRIP
PERILOUS CRUISE ENDS AT
SAN PEDRO
REACHES PORT AFTER MANY ADJ
VENTURES IN STORM
cantain and Bosn Make Atmosphere
Ring with Song and Merriment'
Former Falls Overheard,
but Is Saved
ny LACK YIYARTTAs


It was 10 o'clock on the evening oil
Tuesday, May 10, when Capt Lloyd B..
Johnston of the yawl Gwendolyn IL
mustered his crew aboard ship in Elliott
bav Seattle. for a leisurely cruise to
San Pedro.
The crew responded in the following
order: Capt. John Redfern, navigator;
Dean Johnston, mate; Wllllan q. Jach'
boatswain; N. A. Henke, payhldster'
and Edward Russell, COOK.
Promptly at 1905 Capt. Johnston gave
the orders in stentorian tones TO heaVe
short on the anchor and otherWlse pre-
mare to get under way. with such
alacrity did the crew respond tnat
shorty Russell, the COOK, upset MS
pancake batter and had to spend mos
Of his spare time gathering up the little
lunches of it that insisted on appearing
In the most unexpected places.
Henke and the boS'n got Dusy on
daclx while the captain and his merry
mate were trying to console the loVe
lorn lassies soon to be left behlnu with
PROMISES more or less olscieet, ena'
thew would return safely and with the
Honolulu cup securely III tne lochefs
of their gallant craft.
At 1915 Capt. Redfern passed the
word that everything was reaoy, am,
the anchor was taken aboard ana wen
Gated as the hope OF Seattle IN tne
transpacific race stood over toWaru
West Seattle. Here about midnight tne
Cwendolyn again anchored until day-
light. and 1t is said that the mate and
bos'n made the night hideous ana sleep
well nigh impossible with their at
tempts at vocal music.
Cruise Again Resumed
AS soon as possible after eight bells
the next morning everything movable
was made fast and Capt. Redfern S
hooks were securely lost; but that is
another story-and the cruise was again
resumed as far as Port Townsend. Here
q short stop was made Tor water 10
drink and make pancakes with, for the
rest the briny is good enough, and then
UP anchor again and course stralsht
for DungeneSS Head.
lust a comfortable breeze was blow
ing. so the bos'n set every rag Dut the
light sails, and at four bells of the
first watch the lookout reported the
light on the weather bow, and in an
other quarter of an hour the yawl was
snugly anchored for three days stay.
At eight bells in the morning the
word was passed for glad rags and
shore leave, and, arriving at the wharf,
all hands and the cook found a Devil
dering array of femininity to welcome
them. What happened there would re-
OIlir6 most OF WeDSIer Olidpi luSOo ~
tell. SO let it suffice that after they had
been surfeited with entertainment and
banouets the tired tars on Saturday
May Is. at $3.50 in the morning, set sal
for Victoria.
The British Columbia metropolis was
reached at 8 80 the same evening, ano
as both Capt Johnston and his mate
had been members of the crew or the
American cup defender Spirit that de-
feated the Fife designed yacht there
was a large delegation there to meet
them.
Under the skylight in the main
cabin of Gwendolyn there hangs be-
ribboned bottle of NUNS extra dry,
and the boys say the girls of Victoria
have charged them-yes, even dared
them-to bring it safely home after the
cruise to Honolulu.
Sunday was spent in receiving ad-
miring visitors and in swapping yarns
with the local yachtsmen, many OF
whom maryeled that the hardy mar
liners should attempt so long a trip In
the little craft, but all of whom wished
them we'll in their contest from San
Pedro to Honolulu.
Monday morning, after receiving ar