The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-29
THE HAWAII AHEAD
WHEN LAST SEEN
Commodore Cooper Overtakes GwendoIyn IL.
and Kamehameha.- -Lurline Loses
Her Topmast.

kiki beach watched with ever increas-
, ing interest and excitement as the Ha-
waii gradually crept up on her oppo-
nents. On the top of the Young build
ing there was a number of enthusiasts
who watched, and cheered voeiferous-
ly. One man was heard to shout
''Come ON Bill, / can t stand this, me
for the auto and Koko Head. - He
ran for the elevator and was followed
by two of his friends who jumped into
the tonneau of his machine as he
eranked up and went scooting away
for the last sight of the yachts.
Before the Hawaii was within strik-
ing distance of the Gwendolyn the lat
ter stuffed off about half point in
order to clear the reef. Captain Red
fern knew what he was about when he
took second place to the Kamehameha
at the start, for he followed the slOop
and thus knew just when to keep away
and clear the coral danger point that
juts out off the head.
After the yachts rounded Diamond
Head reports began to come in from
the signal station. The first one re-
ceived by the Advertiser was that the
Kamehameha was still ahead, the
Gwendolyn a close second with the Ha-
wall closing up. The Lady Maud was
fourth and the Gladys was hitting the
high places only, in the fifth place.
The Lurline was closing the gap but
sagging to leeward.
Then the telephone tinkled and
word came that the Gwendolyn had
split tacks with the Kamehameha and
was ahead while the Hawaii was stand.
ing out to sea and was making bully
weather of the rather hard beating in
a light wind and rolling sea.
The latest report came from Koko
Head by the automobile route ana
stated that all the yachts had a fair
offing with the Gwendolyn ahead of the
small yachts standing up to windward
of Oahu for a good clearance of Molo-
kai when she put about, the Kameha-
meha biting her heels and the Lady
Maud and Gladys following after. The
Lurline and Hawaii had made long
port tack, then ran in close to Oahu
on the starboard tack and, after put
ting about, the Hawaii was on a level
with the Lurline but way to windward
of her about six miles. In this case,
being six miles to windward means
that you are all of that and then some
ahead of the other boat.
LEAVING THE HARBOR.
Long before the time scheduled for
the launches to come along and tow the
yachts away from the wharf, there was
a large crowd collected to take a fare
well look at the visitors and wish gne
jolly amateur tars Godspeed on their
trip back home. At 8 clock one OF
the Young brothers came alongside the
Lurline in a powerful gasoline tug. 1t
was ticklish piece of business slew
ing the big yacht round in the narrow
space of the slip, but it was perform
ed very cleverly and the Lurline s
boom failed in its effort to scratch the
paint off a tramp steamer lying on the
north side of the slip.
After the Lurline was clear, another
launch turned the Gwendolyn around
and then took the Lady Maud in tow.
The Gwendolyn came out under sail
and elected shouts of praise from the
crowds on shore, as her crew set the
topsail and flying jib and the dainty
little yawl went flying out of the har-
Dor with a few paltry puffs off the
hills to give her way.
The Gladys was still on the ways.
Her rudder had to be fixed so she was
hauled on the Lyle Junior ways and
two carpenters put to work at daylight
yesterday morning At $3.50 the haw-
Ser was slipped and the little sloop slid
into the water. 1t took only a few
for her crew to put sail on
her and she was soon chasing after the
Meanwhile the Hawaii had slipped
her mornings under sail and left the
harbor unassisted Commodore Cooper
did a very nice piece of work here and
earned admiring comments from the
Judges on that account.
1t was gallant sight as the yachts
came slipping through the still waters
of the harbor The breeze was just
enough to fill their glistening sails and
each one of them seemed filed and
OVERLOOKING with live determination
to run away to Hilo.
Each yacht was loudly cheered as it ,
passed the sea wall and swooped down
on the Judges boat for the official
time. The start was very well man
aged and reflects great credit on the
adroitness of Mr.. Young who was in
of the combination stake
boat, information carrier, judges boat
and general utility boat. Mr.. Viii
der acted as timer while Henry Henke,
,ne member of the crew of the Gwen
iolvn who elected to stay behind, was
the gun -firer There were two mem
Ders of the local press aboard the
Yachts and every courtesy was shown
20 the newspaper men who were there |