The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-19
| lJRIINE WINS AND SINCLAIR TELLS
OF HIS SMART VOYAGE FROM COAST
Log of Winning Boat
Gives All the
Details.


day the Lurline arrived off Diamond
Head, having been reported a little
after eight No other competing yacht
was in sight. But there were time ham
dicaps, and the Hawaii had until nine
teen and a half minutes after six
o'clock p. m. to win, and the Lady
Maud until 5:45. AS the Gwendolyn II
had not arrived at three o'clock this
morning, when her time allowance ex-
pired, the Lurline takes the honors.
Commodore Sinclair's graceful craft
was towed in, looking spick and span,
and was tied up at the Irmgard wharf
A TALK WITH THE COMMODORE.
'sIt certainly is delightful to be in
Honolulu again." said Commodore Sim
clair to an Advertiser representative
yesterday afternoon, at the Wild West
had gone as the guests of the yacht
committee and Col. Sam Parker.
''In way the voyage down was un-
eventful, unless indeed the Lurline has
won, in which case it will have been a
very eventful voyage. But it was
very pleasant voyage. 1t was one, gen.
orally speaking, of calms and light airs,
and for the most part we were going
directly before the wind, which is not al
ways the pleasantest nor most salts
factory wind for a yacht. After we
clio r nt6 off
Clemente we sighted absolutely moth
ing until we saw a. couple of japanese
sampans out in the channel.
Last night was a rather trying
night. We were going directly before
a stiff breeze. There was a heavy sea
on. and we were approaching land.
These were all conditions to make
navigator feel responsibility. With the
wind and the heavy sea running as
they were, a jibe might have had very
serious consequences. 1 have not had
any sleep for more than twenty-four
hours.
"Of course, it is a satisfaction to have
brought the Lurline in ahead of the
other yachts And it will be very
great satisfaction if we win the race
under the time allowances.
THE race will do a great deal for
transpaeific yachting. 1t has aroused
interest ali along tAe Pacific coast. 1t
has aroused emulation between locali-
ties. Seattle has taken an interest in
her entry. San Diego in hers. Certain
Iv Los Angeles has been interested in
the Lurline.
"While the race has attracted consid-
cradle attention on the Atlantic coast,
as has been shcYn-by many evidences,
it is not to be expected that it will at
tract many yachtsmen from that coast
here. The Pacific must create its n
Yachting interests. l think that is D--
ing done.
mo. l hardly think interest will de-
veIop to the extent of bringing about
yacht races from the Coast to the
Philippines or to Japan or to Australia.
The distance is too great. The race
would become very trying on every
body concerned on so long course.
But there is plenty of opportunity for
Yachting races of a worthy kind with
out these impossible long ones.
.aThe south Coast Yacht Club has
done what it could in this race to create
WIDESPREAD interest, and we feel that
we have done much. Two years hence,
when it is sailed again under the aus
piees of the Hawaii Yacht Club, we
shall do aiPwe can. We feel that Ha-
u,aii has covered herself with glory in
building the yacht Hawaii to enter IN
This race. The race itself will become
more and more important and attract
wider and wider attention
eve expect to remain here about ten
davs. We may, and probably will, all
go over to the Volcano. We shall all
return by the Luriine to San Pedro.
The VOYAGE up may take US twenty or
twentv-one days The Hawaii made an
excellent voyage in nineteen days.
THE LOG OF THE LURLNE.
Entries: Sehr. "Hawaii,' Hawaii
Yacht Club; Yawl "Gwendolyn Ii,
Elliott Bav Yacht Club; Yawl LADY
Maud San Diego Yacht Club; Schr. !
.sLuriine." South Coast Yacht Club.
Yachts crossed starting line in outer
barbor. San Pedro, as follows: 'tGwen-
1oIvn III. > Lady Maud, - Hawaii,
..Lurline. . at noon July 4th, 1905.
On rounding stakeboat 4 miles from
start. we passed ''Hawaii, going
through her lee, and crossing bows to
windward. Wind Is miles per hour,
,ea smooth. In half hour from start, |
we were ahead of all contestants.
Wind very light all afternoon, carried /
balloon iib and No. maiftopmast stay /
,aiI after 5 p. M. At dark we were
slightly in lead, Lady Maud second, i
Twendolyn third, Hawaii last Calm,
With light variable airs all night.
July 5th, 190s.-At daylight Lady
Maud slightly in lead to west of US,
1wendolyn to eastward, Hawaii not IN
light. Calm varied with light baf-
ling airs all morning. 1890 a. m.
Eaeht Skidbladuir, under power,
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