The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-02-28
From Admiral Very's Log


A. Port GallssoS. on the east
coast OF PacasoGf&. about 6fsy miles
% the nOrthwarG o. the strait OF Ma
sellan. the rise and fan o. tide is, with
one exception the greatest known.
reaching As feet ar springs. while in
the Bay OF FSrndy, the range is sos
feet Al Dungeness. six miles from
Cape Virgins. within the Strait. the
tidal range az springs. Is Ss.4 feet. the
third largest o. sn recorded: exceed
ing even Ungava Bay. the Severn Riv-
er, the northwest coast % France and
northwestern Australia. where the
MAXIMUM tidal ranges are respectively
SIS. SIS. SIS and SAB feet Within
Magellan Strait. the tidal range OF IS
10 SO fsec continues from Cape Virgins
past Possession Bay 70 the Fist Mar
rows. total distance Of about sixty
miles. AT the Second Narrows. sbou:
thirty miles beyond the First, the
maximum range Is go feet. and
ths1ce II 6fuini<hsS rapidly 70 rs feet
al Gracia Fuinc. twelve miles away.
so feet 81 Sandy Point. and but 40
feet az Cape Pillar. the extreme ives
tern point OF the Strait As : couSs-
quence o. the marked difference OF
level. east OF the First Narrows. and
west o. the Second. a. high snd low
tides, the current e1os and flows
through the TWO Narruws with con-
siderable velocity. with perplexins
swiris and sddies, obIgiug steamers Of
low power or OF poor steering qualities.
or both 70 choose 1 favorable time for
passing through anchoring if reces-
sary 70 await their opportunity Sir
wyviTIe Thomson. on page POI OF the
second volume OF The Voyage OF the
Challenger says On the morning
Of the 20th % January. 1876, the ChaI-
Ienger passed through the first mar
rows Of the Strait Of Magellan, wind
and tide in her favour. at the rate o.
miles an hour. shortly after
she rounded Cape Virgins -
etc Il Is not unlikely that from =
fourth 70 8 third OF that speed was
due 10 the current
\ story was tod forry-odd years ago
II Z steamer OF the maximum speed o.
seven Or eight knots which ruled az
that time. fitted with hand steering
gear which vGs IL almost universal
Use that she entered the Strait, west
bound too late 70 pass through the
SarrUws, 50 late. in fact that IT was
lark before she began 70 feel her way
nto Possession Bay As she stood in
cautiously, the lead showed fifteen
which the captain decided
vas TOO great 3 depth in view Of the
,act that by his calculations 1t was
hen dead low water and thI tide
would rise beteen six aSd seven faith 4
1uS before morning 50 he stood OF
7ery slowly. against E clustering north
vest Etnd with driving rain until
here was & rapid shoaling TO four
when he anchored and paid
lut sixty farhous Of cable, making |
Tue allowance for the expected rise
Y tide and the known strength Of the |
wind Five or six hours later, when !
lay began TO break the officers Of the /
watch saw right ahead and rot far
WAY. the outline q Z low cliff; and as 3
he light Improved an anchor was
made out on top Of the bluff. and 4
'hzckIed 70 IT, z cable which came
oward the ntsrifed watchers On !
loard the steamer When daylight IN
rsaset Z little more, they found that /.
: was their own c4oLe and their own 1
-neh0r which mad been Dropped not
Il low water as was thought but n
xtreue high tide Fortunately the
Wind favored them holding the ship in
-eep water. while the anchor emerged
rom its f0ur-fath0u bath % air its
iuz=s TWO and q half fathoms above
Tater,
The Rssaca, in which Is z midship-
1zn made NY first trip through the
strait was OF Z novel design zccredit-
i % Nr- C V Fox Assistant Secrs-
zry OF the Navy with Secretary
VeIIes during the Civil War she
-zs designed for speed. with sharp
nfs and small beam; bark-rigged with
luz I0Eer-mzsts, and z standing
50 tall that the navigator
aid 1t took Two men and Z boy 20
e up % the top Of IT," Her boilers
Id engines occupied 50 much space
lat the living quarters q officers and
Ien were dEarfed % the limit Of dis
lmf0rr Tde captains cabin, TOO
ided with Two open hunks one ID
-zrboard and one % port and with z
Eager outfit q dfmInutive furniture
e that cubby-h0Ie was shared by our
zrrzfa with Z hzIf-br0rher q Henry
Tsr1 Beecter- the Reverend Thomas
:. who had reached Rio DE- JzneIro On
< way % CaIIzo. and accepting the
sptzfn-s invitation. took possession II
Z extra bunk III the cabin from Feb ,
Iz-y 4rh- 1867. when We LEtI Rio de ,
.ueir9. until the 18th 0f the f0II1wfng :
prfI- VIXEN We reached CaIIzO- He
zrsrufzed with the uidshfpmen.
-satIy % our profit for II may Be !