The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-07-17
By Jack Densham.

LUIS ANGEJES, July 4.-When the
hand of the chronometer creeps round
and points to IL o clock, Pacific coast
time, today President Roosevelt will
touch 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 transpacifie
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 Lurline of San Pedro, and she won
easily. This year she will have harder
competition, for the people of the Ha.
waiian Islands have built schooner
and sent her over here to win the race
if 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 II from
Seattle and the Lady Maud from San
Diego.
LURLINE'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. Two ladies will 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 a s'schoon-
er bowl and an overhanging stern.
Before the last race in 1906 Captain
Sinclair had her stern heightened out
This has made quite difference to her
speed when running off the wind as it
prevents the holding of water, which has
always proved bad feature of short
stern.
Besides her working sails, mainsail
and main topsail, foresail and fore top.
sail, staysail, jib and jib topsail, the
Lurline carries a large balloon jib and
an immense spinnaker This latter is
hoisted to the foretopmast head and is
sheeted outboard to long boom. The
inboard end of this boom is fitted with
) hinged pin that fits in goosenecb
on the mast. Owing to the length OF
the boom, it cannot be swung forward
and round to the other side when jibing
but must either be unshipped and pass
ed over or hauled aloft and dropped
again.
CARRIES THREE GUESTS.
There will be three guests aboard
the Lurline-E. ]. Pyle of Pasadena
Maxwell Savage of Redlands and Vic
tor b. Stewart of Los Angeles, the lat
ter being well known in catching cir
J cles as former commodore of the Soutl
| Coast Yacht Club. A very importan
\ man aboard is the steward, and Captain
Sinclair has made happy selection il
7 Bill. Mccain, known as "Alphonse. ,
Mccain sailed on the Lurline durin!
the last race, and he is known as tn,
prince of all stewards. He is an ex
/ cellent cook, and has sunny natur
> that allows nothing to upset him, n,
D matter what it may be. If he is no
whistling or singing over his work, h
is smiling, and the meals aboard tast
S all the better for being served by tn
only Alphonse.
l The Hawaii has the same rig as tn
8 Lurline. She is n schooner, and differ
n but little from her larger rival excep
: that she has square yard on the fore
e mast, from which depends squar
sail instead of a spinnaker. She has
flush deck with small cockpit aft, an,
deck houses for her companion way an
fore hatch. Below decks she has
main cabin, with sleeping accommo
dations for six. Forward of this is tn
galley, with small forecastle beyond
This is not occupied, but is used TO
storage. Abaft the main cabin is tn
/. captain IS state room, and aft of this i
a roomy state room under the cockpit
Here there are four hunks, and fou
people can stow themselves away her
a very comfortably.
CORRESPONDENT ON HAWAII.
The interior finish is almost entirel
Of koa wood, the Hawaiian mahogany
This wood takes on a very fine fms
u and is beautifully grained; it is no
expensive, but when used for this pun
{? pose sets off the interior of zach
u more richly than any other wood.
As everybody knows, the Hawaii wa
e built by popular subscription. Almos
(, every man, woman and child ON tn
8 island has an interest in the yach