The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-07-21

Hawaii scarcely moved through the
water and the taffran log had a /,
sinccure.
Each day we expected the wind 10
veer to the northeast and blow freshly
over the quarter, but it refused to veer
and blew anything but freshly. We
had one day of steady northwest wind
before we ran into the trades. That
was July>9, and, with the wind scarcely
abaft the beam, and tho wind blowing
no more than ten or eleven Mules an
hour, we logged 100 miles on the Chart
This was distinctly encouraging. 1t
showed that the yacht was fast when
she had wind TO amount to anything,
and, if she could do that much Win n
light wind ON the beam, she must sure
ly be very much faster with the breeze
coming over her quarter and all sails
drawing to best advantage.
We really kept up hope until July
14th. That day we ran into the true
trade winds, that is true as to direc-
ton but very much lacking in force.
With the wind dead aft, the Hawaii
made very poor time in the light breeze
and we knew that the other yachts must
be making nearly twice the speed under
winds made up their minds to blow
with any vigor, it was too late and we
had no chance to make up the loss of
the first two days and the light winds
since.
Our biggest days run was 20l miles
from noon July 10th to noon July 18th,
The wind was fresh and the sea had
not had time to get nasty SO that the
steering was comparatively easy and
she kept an even course. Our log show
ed much greater distances on the fol
lowing days but the sea was high and
she waved badly, making her cover a
much greater distance than the chart
showed.
Those last few days showed one
thing very plainly and that is that the
Hawaii is wonderful sea boat. With
all the rolling and yawing there were
few times when the fiddles were really
needed on the table and, sitting in the
cabin, it seemed as though it were i'm
possible that we were spinning along
before good breeze in a high sea.
= The ease with which the yacht wa
jibed was great advantage to her anC
must have made quite little difference
) If the race had been closer. The wine
, while blowing dead aft, was not stead,
, enough to allow us to hold true course
I so that we had to run on the port jill
for watch half point or so Off thu
course and then make up the loss b,
, iibing over and running an equa
i amount off the course on the other iibe
i BY sailing FIVE thousand miles in
trifle more than thirty-four days, tn
}. Hawaii has shown that she is yer,
: able sea-going yacht and when she ha
/ run unto hard blow she is also show
that she is very fast under those con
K ditions. Captain Harris did a YER.
h clever piece of navigation under tn
6 circumstances, as the chart Will shoI
and certainly weaned all the speed pos
sibe from her. 1t is n close decisio
: whether the Hawaii would not hav
d come within her time allowance fror
/. the Lurline if she had not been lef
$ at the start, for full day elapsed be
tween the time when the Lurline caugh
the wind and we had our sails DRAWN
steadily. .d4 40
THE HAwAII's LOG.
The following is the unoDcipl log Q
yacht Hawaii during the race Sa
Pedro to. Honolulu, starting July 4tl
1908, as kept by Norman Densham:
i do not know as 1 sit and writ
which yacht will win the race. Blu
well | know that my loyalty can neve
change its place and, if British heart
> be made. of oak as they say, it mus
10 be that mine is part of the sturd
ribs beneath the Hawaii IS terline.
So let me write that you all Faay4Tea'
l. In serious or lighter vein,
Victor or vanquished though she mayb
How we brought her home again.
Crew of the yacht Hawaii: CAPITAL
Harris Substitute "The old man,
CATER" or anything you like whe
Bill, the Pride of the Port; stewar
Mr.. Hamilton, LORI love him; starboal
watch, Harmless Harry ("Handsome
was suggested but tabooed as quite i
effectuaD; s. s. s., which stands T,
Serenely Smiling Sam, and has nothir
i'd to do with certain well advertise
patent medicine; Redundant Raymor
Che is for ever repeating himself) an
TX Jack the Jingler.
Port Watch; Cherry-face Charli
I'd All.day Alexander (this refers to h
appetite), and Deep'sleep Daniel.
July 4th.-The start Of the race WI
set for midday and we were all read
to get under weigh by IL o. clock. Tn
nj is all but Ray and Harry, who hi
Nv gone after ice. The ice man was eel
of brating and did not deliver, 80 Il
W. clubhouse was looted and 100 ID
N brought aboard. AS soon as the dingl
he was hoisted aboard we shortened anch'
got main and foresails on her, thu
iii hoisted the hook, set jb and staysa
"a. and stood off on the starboard tack.
nd The outer harbor was alive with sal
err cleaning brightly in the tardy sunlig
yn that had just managed to pierce Il
or over hanging fog. The South Goa
err Yacht Club had turned out in full
iy do us honor and the bluff above Il
IN harbor was lined with crowds of pc
d. pie who had come from all over Sout
I'll ern California TO witness the harb
a celebration arranged by the city
IT. San Pedro, of which the start of Il
70 yacht race was the main feature.
as Ten minutes before the big race stai
ed, twenty smaller yachts were sent