The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-15
SOUND YACHT
FOR BIC RACE
La valera May Be Entered for
the Transpacific
Contest.


added to the Pacific Coast fleet OF
pleasure boats, and Puget Sound now
boasts one Of the finest pleasure craft
that has ever spread its white wings
to the breazes OF the Pacific. The new
yacht is a schooner. built on the Sound
for that enthusiastic yaehtsman, Pres
colt Sawyer. now resident of Taco
ma, but well known in San Francisco.
where he spent his childhood. and
which he still reckons as his home.
SAWYER has christened his new boat |
La valera, and while he owns her
there is every prospect OF the vessel
living ND TO her name. which translat-
ed into English means ''the traveller"
SAWYER has had many experiences on
the sea- His love of adventure took
him to sea at an early age, and the
ocean gripped him with its glamor so |
that he still needs the call Of the
surges, and in the intervals when BUSH |
ness permits he loves nothing better
than to hear the wind whistle in the
rigging and the pillows break against
the bows While a resident OF san
Francisco Sawyer sailed on many
Yachts. wnen ne removed to the
sound country he continued to make
watching his favorite sport, and when
he contemplated visit to this part
nf the country in 1898 he purchased the
schooner Josephine, and made the trip
down the coast, acting as his own sail
| ing master. and bringing the cranky
schooner into san Francisco harbor af-
! ter a good trip. His latest yacht, built
/ from plans mostly laid out by the
Iowner himself. is a. schooner riggad
craft, seventy-five feet over ell. with
/ a beam of seventeen feet and a depth
If fourteen feet. The deck is clear
save for the companion way, and af-
lfords pIenty of room for promenading.
The mainmast stretches eighty-fve
fleet above the deck, and her suit of
lsails includes every kind of kite that
lean be hung on a schooner. The lines
fof La valera are conducive to speed.
while giving the yacht maximum of
stability. The accommodations under
Idecks are spacious and fitted up in
luxurious style The finish is in ma
hogany and white enamel with car
!pets and curtains of crimson. A double
lstateroom aft is fitted with every con-
ivenience that can be placed aboard a
yacht, while in the foreeastIe crew
Of four men has ample accommoda-
tons
The Yacht has made several cruises
in the sound waters. and has shown
speed and stability of high order.
That she is fast viii be readily un-
derstood by San Francisco yachtsmen
| when il is stated that on one Of her
cruises she met the yawl Tramon-
tana. a Yacht that showed great speed
while she sailed on this bay, and over
came a tyo-n1i1e lead and passed the
Tramontana-
: There is every prospect that the
Yacht will be entered in the ocean race
scheduled for next summer from San
Pedro to Honolulu. Sawyer may have
, | to go to Alaska on business. but he
expects to be back in time for the
. contest for the ocean race, and ne has
hopes that with his new vessel he viii
be able to capture the trophy offered
: by the Hawaii Yacht Club for the
; ocean event.
4 The ticket which is submitted by
! the nominating committee of the Sar
!, Francisco Yacht Club is again headed
: by the name of f. G.. Phillips. who
: will enter upon his second term as
commodore on February u, when the
= | annual meeting of the club is held
Phillips has done lot for San Fran
cisco Yachting since he Joined the Sar
! Francisco club. He has been popu'
lar commodore among the members
and his work in getting up speciaI
events has helped the sport among
/ all the clubs. ocean racing, which
had been dead for a decade among the
bay sailors, took new lease OF MS
! when Phillips offered cup for race
to the Farallones and back. The mrs.
! attempt TO sail the race proved IN
fortunate. light winds making 1t I'M
a possible for any of the competitors &c
finish within the time limit, but tne
/, second contest proved the ability o.
the clubmen Of the bay to handle their
yachts in open waters, and the cur
was won for the first time py the
sloop Yankee, after a race IN Wnica
the amateur sailors proved as caPd'
BILE as their professional opponents
] J r. Hanify. owner of the fine sehoon-
/ er Martha. has been nominated fol
!, vice commodore, and should prove ar
excellent official J. A. Marshall, Jr-
/ and H. A W Dining will be retain
: ed as port captain and measurer' re
\ spectively. while the new blood II
. the board consists of Harry 4. Russell
as secretary. Lawrence T. Wagner a.
financial secretary and Joseph l.
4 King. Jr., as treasurer The "eH
e known Corinthian sioop Emma ma.
been sold by DR.. e y. Short and
Clarence Ward to Edward T. Evans
L. c. knight and Herbert Hauser
members Of the Aeolian Yacht Club o
:, Alameda. The Emma has sailed unde
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