The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-09

the harbormaster will be on hand to
allot you to the various moorings
CT note that the boys will be pretty
well tired out Saturday night and we
will endeavor to do the hospitable thing
and leave them alone for that night,
but we hope to have an opportunity to
show some attention on Sunday
g would ask you to wire me at my
expense when you leave Honolulu, Civ
ing the names of the boats and the
course you expect to take. Very sin
cerely yours,
81. N. s. WILLIAMS. -
Lee Course Probable.
The lee side of Molokai is probably
the course that the yachts will take.
Starting in the evening they should be
just about in sight of Lanai by day
break and can then beat up the channel
between Molokai and Maui in daylight.
Should they enter the channel early in
the morning, there is little doubt that
Kahului will be made before dark, as
the channel forms funnel down which
the wind always blows, no matter how
slack the breeze may be to windward of
the Islands.
The starting line will be from the
bell buoy outside Honolulu harbor, to
a stake boat. 1t win be the ordinary
two-gun start with one gun at 6:25 and
the starting gun at 6:30. AS noted in
Mr.. Williams letter, if the yachts ar
rive off Kahului in the daytime there
Will be judge there to take the time,
but if they arrive after nightfall each
skipper must take his own time. Watch
and chronometer corrections will be
made on shore.
Kahului Range Lights.
There are two range lights at Ka-
hului harbor. Kahului harbor front
range light, red and white, white wood
en- trestle tower, surmounted by small
red house; fixed red semaphore red
light, % feet above water. exhibited
every night. Kahului harbor range
rear light, white; white wooden trestle
tower surmounted by small white house,
liked green semaphore lens light, "a
feet above water. exhibited every night
This light with the front range light
forms the line for entering Kahului
harbor.
The american Girl Buoy" spoken
of in Mr.. Williams letter, refers to the
buoy marking the American girl rock.
This is black first class can and must
be left to port when entering the har-
Dor.
Yachts on the Ways.
The Luka and Hawaii were taken out
on the ways yesterday and gang OF
men put to work on the biIges of both
of them Commodore Wilder and Alex
Lundquist did very pretty piece of
work in taking the Hawaii on to the
railway unaided. They sailed her over
from the Fort street wharf and shipped
her stern foremost into the railway
without a hitch.
There is plenty of work going on
above decks on the Luka. A new and
massive skylight is being finished for
the main hatch and the squareyard for
the new squaresail is being rugged.
Captain Miller does not figure on
making such good time going TO wind
ward as he does coming back. On the
return run before the wind he will have
big squaresail, just finished, that has
the Hawaii S squaresail and raffee fad
ed to fragile. When the good yacht
gets all this canvas drawing, especially
if the wind be dead aft, Captain Miller
expects to run away from the whole
bunch.
Slip Dope for Concord.
The Concord will haul out this after
noon and will also have something done
to her topsides. The best of smooth
copper paint will be applied to the bilge
and Eben Low is figuring on some slip
| perry stuff for above the waterline. AS
soon as the schooner begins to heel
over, this will make a considerable diff
| ference.
The Hawaii is expected by most of
the experts to win out in the beat to
| Kahului but the run back will be much
easier for the two larger yachts. Ii
the wind be anywhere near light on the
way up the good old Kamehameha is
liable to fool the whole bunch and
travel up the wind, so far in the lead
that all the other three yachts viii not
be able to make up time on her on the
RIM hack home.