Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-04
OCEAN RACERS
READY TO START
FOR HONOLULU
FOUR FLEET BOATS WILL
PASS THE INITIAL
BUOY
HAWAIIANS HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN THEIR LITTLE
SHIP
White-WIneed YawIs and Schooners
to Start from San Pedro for
Blue Ribbon Trophy of
the Pacific
BY JACK DENsHAM

wv Ter creeDs round and points to
IL o'clock, Pacific coast time, to-
day President Roosevelt will touch a
button. The electric fluid will flash
over the telegraph wires to the yacht
club at San Pedro and fire the brass
cannon that is to give the signal for
the start of the great transpacific yacht
race
There are four entries in the race,
and they are all fast yachts. Only one
of them sailed in the last race She is
the Lurltne of San Pedro, and she won
easily. This year she will have harder
competition, for the people of the Ha-
waiian islands have built a schooner
and sent her over here to win the race
II she can. She is named Hawaii, and
she represents the work and love OF
the people of the islands. The other
two boats are the Gwendolyn III from
Seattle and the Lady Maud from San
Diego. The accompanying table shows
the main dimensions of the yachts,
with their time allowance and the
names of the officers and owners.
LurIine's Chances Good
Two of the yachts, the Lurline and
Hawaii, have professional crews the
others are sailed entirely by amateurs
who have volunteered for the race. In
the case of the Lady Maud, the MEM
| berS of the crew are bearing their share
Of the expense. Tw~ ladies viii sail
on the latter boat. Mrs Wilbur Kyle,
wife of the captain, and Miss Daniel. a
friend of the Kyles from San Diego.
The Lurline is the largest of the
boats and has, on paper, by far the
best chance to win. She is an old-style
schooner with what is called ''schoon-
er bow and an overhanging stern.
Before the last race in 1906 Captain
fFa0 0IrafT I..1 - 1.r..-
This has made quite difference to
her speed when running off the wind.
aaS9iG prevents the holding of water,
HWhi6h has always proved bad feature
'qf a shSrta stern.
Besides her working sails, mainsail
and mais1 topsail, foresail and fore
topsaif <staysail, jibA and jib topsail.
and an immense spbfnaker. This lat
ter Is hoiStel o. ,tbe foretopmast head
and IS, kha9t ed outboard to a long
boorp4 VI & ihbdRfd end of this boom is
fittad with aNhMged pin that fits in
7af ffgOeseneclr>effth mast Owing to
the 1engthSof|fhe boom, it cannot be
swung felWard and round to the other
side SSrhen jibing, but must either be
nhshipped and passed over or hauled
,aieft and dropped again.
Carries Three Guests
There will be three guests aboard the
Lurlipe-E. ]. Pyle of Pasadena, Max
welTs Savage of Redlands and Victor B.
stewart OF Los Angeles, the. latter be-
Ing well known in yachting circles as
fprn1er commodore of the South Coast
Yacht club. A very important man
aboard is the steward. and Captain
Sinclair has made happy selection in
bill Mccain, known as "Alphonse."
MCCAIN sailed on the Lurline during
the last race, and he is known as the
prince of all stewards. He is an ex-
cellent cook, and has a sunny nature
that allows nothing to upset him, no
matter what II may be. If he is not
whistling or singing over his work, he
is smiling, and the meals aboard taste
all the better for being served by the
only Alphonse.
The Hawaii has the same rig as the
Lurline. She is a schooner, and differs
but little fropl her larger rival except
that she mas a Square yard on the fore
mast, frdrn Which depends a square
sail instekd-ota a Spinnaker. She has a
flush dsEk WITH d small cockpit aft, and
dscR houses for her companion way
Aid FORE. hatch. Below decks she has
"a niain - bin, with sleeping accommo-
,daticus Tor six. Forward Of this is the
galley. With a small forecastle beyond.
Htisis not occupied, but is used for
Sstoragep Abaft the main cabin is the
.eaptAjh jh' sastate room, and aft of this is
1aIOOIliXF Tue EOCkD3l-
-4fere there are four hunks, and four
DeaI1ae can STOW themselves away here
very comfoptably.
corsespandent on Hawaii
The interfof finish is almost entirely
of Skea wood, ~the Hawaiian mahogany.
Tl45st wood tHl1es ON a very fine finish
and>a heautifully grained: it is not
expehSiYe,j but when used for this pur-
pose <setsf off the interior of a yacht
more. Tkchly than any other wood.
As eFsrybody knows, the Hawaii was
builthN popular subscription. Almost
every 1rAn, woman and child on the
iefand~Sf,as an interest in the yacht.
phsk haze either subscribed money or
donated their work and given material.
There are evidences of this all over the
boat The wheel Is inscribed as being
donated by the longshoremen OF Homo
lulu, the pinnacle was given by the Ma
sonic lodge, and the sheets, napkins,
silver ware, rugs, blankets and all the
other fittings are inscribed with initials
or monograms to show who donated
them.
There will be one guest aboard the
Hawaii, one Denshan who is sup
posed to be a writer. 1t pleases me to
have the opportunity to express an APP
probation of Captain Harris and Mr..
Stroud's courtesy publicly. / have
been appointed official correspondent
aboard the Hawaii, and can assure the
readers of The Herald that l am going