The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-20
THREE YACHTS CROSSED
FINISHING LINE YESTERDAY
GwendoIyn H., Lady Maud and Hawaii Come in
Within Few Hours of Each Other
Local Craft Last

The second transpacifc yacht race
from San Pedro to Honolulu was finish
ed at clock, % minutes, and 80 Sec
onds, yesterday afternoon, when the
yacht Hawaii crossed the finish line
abreast Diamond Head, Is days, 8
hours, % minutes and 80 seconds after
the starting gun was fred at San Pedro.
Of course the winner of the race was
certain early yesterday morning when
the time allowance of the other entries
expired, after the arrival of the Lur-
line The arrival of the Gwendolyn II
morning and of the Lady Maud at l
o 'clock, fixed the order of the contest
ants in the race. Allowing for handi-
caps the four yachts take position in
the order in which they arrived-Lur-
line, first; Gwendolyn II, second; Lady
Maud, third, and Hawaii, fourth.
Tt was really remarkable race, and
that in great many respects. On
voyage OF 1882 miles the four~yachts
starting at the same time reached this
port all within period of thirty hours,
and three of them within period of
six hours This shows remarkable
equality among the boats that made it
a great race. Tt is probable that there
have never been yacht races over so
long a course where the finish was so
close. Such close finish too, may well
duh the sting of defeat.
Where it was so close that slight
advantage of wind or weather or gear
or crew might win the race, no naviga-
tor who has given conscientious service
need feel any reproaches.
Captain Harris returns more strong
1y convinced than ever that the Hawaii
is great craft in any but light breezes.
GIVE lost the race right at the start,
he said 'sBhen we were becalmed and
idle near Ste. Clemente, while the other
vessels all got away, 80 miles to the
westward of us. They caught the
breeze before we did Tt was one of
the accidents and chances of the game.
two days out, we gained steadily. OF
course, the Hawaii needs tuning up. !
We were nineteen days going up and
some davs in San Pedro harbor without |
having the yacht s bottom cleaned. It
is surprising how much growth there is
on her bottom. You can't put a pin i
between the shells, they are so thick |
on her bottom. 49,
eff we could only have got a good |
breeze on her beam how she would have
gonei The Hawaii is all right. She is /
a fine boat Her steadiness is some. |
thing wonderful She behaves well. |
On the<wind she is a marvel.
The "trip has been good one. L |
have nothing but praise for those who |
were with me on the trip. We did our
best. We did not get the trade winds |
until the tenth. and we never got them
strong. I believe that had we gone
farther south so as to get the trades
more on our beam we would have done
better. But we did not go farther south
because of the advice of the wind chart
we carried.
when we sighted Halawa, Molokai,
we found that our ehronometer was
three minutes out. I expected to pick
up Halawa at six o'clock last night.
Instead it was midnight. We made
good landfaH, all right, but we did not
make it as soon as we expected by six
hours -
The Lady Maud had just been