The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-20

the Luriine if she had not been lef1
at the start, for full day elapsed be
tween the time when the Lurline caught
the wind and we had our sails drawing
steadily.
THE HAwAII'S LOG.
/ The following is the unofficial log OF
yacht Hawaii during the race from San
Pedro to Honolulu, starting July 4th
1908, as kept by Norman Densham:
I do not know as I sit and write
which yacht will win the race. But
well L know that my loyalty can never
change its place and, if British hearts
be made of oak as they say, it must
be that mine is part of the sturdy
RIBS beneath the Hawaii s water line.
30 let me write that you all may read
In serious or lighter vein,
/ Victor or vanquished though she may be
How we brought her home again.
Crew of the yacht Hawaii: Captain
Harris Substitute "The old man,
CATER, or anything you like when
he is not listeningl; mate. Contraband
Bill, the Pride of the Port; steward,
Mr.. Hamilton, Lor' love him; starboard
watch, Harmless Harry e. Handsome =
was suggested but tabooed as quite in.
effectuaD; S. S. s., which stands for
Serenely Smiling Sam, and has nothing
to do with a certain well advertised
patent medicine; Redundant Raymond
| (he is for ever repeating himself) and
Jack the Jingler.
/ Port Watch: Cherry-faee Charlie,
All-day Alexander (this refers to his
appetlte), and Deepsleep Daniel.
July 4th.-The start of the race was
set for midday and we were all ready
| to get under weigh by IL o clock. That
is all but Ray and Harry, who had
gone after ice. The ice man was cele,
brating and did not deliver, so the
| clubhouse was looted and 100 lbs.
brought aboard. As soon as the dinghy
was hoisted aboard we shortened anchor
got main and foresails on her, then
hoisted the hook, set jib and staysail
and stood off on the starboard tack.
| The outer harbor was alive with sails
| cleaning brightly in the tardy sunlight
| that had just managed to pierce the
over-hanging fog. The South Coast
Yacht Club had turned out in full to
do us honor and the bluff above the
harbor was lined with crowds of PEG.
pie who had come from all over South
ern California to witness the harbor
celebration arranged by the city of
San Pedro, of which the start of the
yacht race was the main feature.
Ten minutes before the big race start
ed, twenty smaller yachts were sent off
on race to Catalina Island This
start gave us the exact time and, ten
seconds before the final gun was fred,
we were to windward of the stake boat
and all ready to cross the line.
The dainty little Gwendolyn Fl nosed
past us with rapfull and took the
start while the Lady Maud crossed to
leeward of her and two seconds ahead
of US. The Lurline came behind, her
masts towering above us as she gained
rapidly in the light breeze.
The starting line lay north and south
and we kept to the eastward for two
miles to where there was a stakeboat
which we must pass to starboard. The
object of this was to give the people
on shore chance to see the yachts
under sail.
After rounding the stakeboat, we
hauled our wind and steered' well east
of south so as to keep clear of the
east end of Catalina Island, where there
is usually dangerous calm spot. The
Lurline soon passed US to leeward, while
the smaller yachts were strung out to
windward of us, headed up to make
for Avalon, the finishing point of their
race.
The wind was very light. as I had
expected, having watched the baron.
eter fall during the past two days, a
sure indication during the summer in
San Pedro waters that the westerly
will not come up to full strength. There
were hundreds of power craft to lee
ward of us, and these kept up regular
bombardment of salutes, which kept
one man busy at our cannon eontin-
ually returning the compliment. We
were greatly surprised at the way the
Lady Maud forged ahead in the light
air. She has the appearance of being
designed for anything but a soft
breeze, but she slipped along through
the water and kept steadily ahead of
US. Perhaps I was looking a trifie dis
consulate at seeing everything else
strung out in front of us, for Captain
Harris slapped me on the shoulder and
said, "Don' It get disheartened, Jack.
The Hawaii WASH built for a five
knot breeze; wait till we get in the
trades and then watch the log spin. !"
This suggested the following jingle:
"Cheer up, my lads, the wind is light,
Fair weather boats are they;
On sea like glass they quickly pass,
For this IS not our day.
But wait until, the islands passed,
We hit the northeast trades,
And then, indeed, We'll show them
speed;
Cheer up, my merry blades.
The swift little launch Orient and
the steamer Hermosa were the last to
salute US and then we were able to
give more attention to what was ahead.
BY 8 o'clock we were approaching
the lee of Catalina and the wind was
dropping fast. The Lurline was ahead
and to windward about two miles. The
Lady Maud was directly to windward
about one mile and the Gwendolyn dead
ahead about one and half miles We