The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-07-31

Wela ka hao, wah Hei, Banzai, like
wise Eureka. The Hawaii is in the
lead and, il the wind holds she will
stay there. Last advices from Koko
Head tell that our own little schooner
had nosed past the swift-towindwaTd
boxes, was flirting her tail and telling
everybody "Goodbye. "
The Lurline has done what she was
expected TO do on the way over here,
broken her foretopmast and is hitting
the close side of the wind for Hilo
with no outer forestay and no for ard
kites to pull her along.
The Gwendolyn and Kamehameha
are having little love passes and split
ting tacks to show which has the
smartest crew. The Lady Maud is
wallowing along with fifteen feet of
freebo showing to windward and
the Gladys is doing her best and plow-
ing over the rollers holding good
luff and keeping steadily on.
That is if the wind has held out all
night. There is no reason to believe
that the wind has not held out, at the
time of going to press and we may feel
fairly well assured that the Hawaii is
eating up the wind ahead of the rest
of the yachts.
| \ tGDIOTtuuHLely IUtTe are CnhuCeS JHiJ
| the yachts will run into a calm. The
weather has been threatening no wind
for some days and the first signs OF
fat weather showed at the start. If
| the trades refuse to blow on the wealth
er side of the islands, it will be all off
with the Hawaii and the smaller boats
will slip by her in the light airs. 1t
is possible that the Lurline has her
jury mast rugged and could carry sail
before sunset, but it is hard matter
to hound topmast on a small schooner
at sea and bowse down the forestay,
so that Captain Sinclair may have let
this go until he reaches Hilo Without
this addition to her foremast it is very
doubtful if the Lurline can keep up
with the Hawaii on the wind.
G.. T. Wilder, aboard the Mauna Kea,
will keep bright look out for the
yachts and, if he should sight them,
la wireless will come from Lahaina
telling the position of the racers. It
is also possible that the Claudine, due
here tomorrow, may sight the yachts.
START OF THE RACE.
The start was one of the prettiest
sights ever seen on this bay. Five OF
the yachts, listing gently to the light
breeze, swan past the stake-boat like
graceful and indolent swans. In the
lee distance the Lurline lazed slowly
towards the bell buoy with an air OF
calm Indifference as though she were
so sure of victory that she could well
.. afford to give the others plentiful
start.
Bob Scott, at the stick of the Ka
. mehameha, showed Solent class wher
ha 1at tnt 81 ~ 4 h.
! starting line. The wind was very light
u and the current was setting well IL
towards the harbor. Scott judged his
g distance to a nicely and, when tn,
u starting gun fred, he had the Kan ;.
bowsprit impinging on the line. TIL,
wind fell and the current carried hin
g back for few seconds, then she gath
cred way and passed across the lin,
q just one minute after the gun fred
IS Had the wind been steady the Kane
d hameha s mast would have shut ou
$. the bell buoy about two seconds afte
7, the gun fred. 1t was clever piec,
n of work and aroused enthusiastic
l. cheers from the people aboard thu
r, judges boat.
:. The Gladys followed the Kamehame
u ha and then came the Hawaii Ever,
II inch of her she looked a yacht, dain
ty, saucy creature with her sweetl,
r, curved bow dipping and nodding to tn,
e swell. There was life in her ever,
!, movement and she was different crea
II ture from the "lazy- -bones'' tina
IS Jagged away from San Pedro harpor
l. After the Hawaii came the Lad,
d Maud and the boat with the iron-arm
n ored bulwarks was not making he
IS much vaunted light weather speed. Thi
g, light air work of hers is evidently dom
III only before the wind. for she was be
Ie ing rapidly left behind before tn
h yachts reached Diamond Head.
d just nineteen minutes and thirt,
% seconds after the gun fred, the Lur
l. line crossed the starting line. The
y the judge IS boat put back for Young
'e landing. The judges and newspape
men had just left the launch to ste
10 onto the wharf when somebody raise
ID a cry, "The Lurline has lost her tor
70 mast" and there was the transpacfi
lie winner with cloud of bellying topsa
d hanging around the fore rigging an
n the broken spar banging erazil
1t against the canvas of the foresail
l. The crew went quickly to work an
,r soon had the wreckage cleared ava
and the yacht kept on her course.
bht tiHic VI tue uNclutHt sHt WIS dDOu
half way between the Moana Hott
and the end of Diamond Head. 1t il
of course. impossible to say how tn
accident happened. but it is know
n that the Lurline's topmasts were Gu
4 down to fit into the hounds and tina
v Captain Sinclair would have replace
them had ne had time TO do so befor
the race started from San Pedro.
y. THE HAWAII GAINS STEADILY
he Before the yachts were level wit
@: Diamond Head it could be sec
an that the Hawaii was hard after I'll
al Gwendolyn and would pass her aft,
the latter had put about and mao
II. half of her first tack to windward.
ii. The crowds along the sea wall
the mouth of the harbor, on the tol
'. of the buildings in town and at Wa
- kiki beacn watched with ever increa
n ing interest and excitement as the II
nd wai gradually crept up on her opp
n: nents. On the top of the Young bull
20. ing there was number of enthusias
who watched, and cheered vociferou
lV One man xyas haord 10 ell