The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-06-18


A DEPRESSION here by way of telling
something about this same Sam. They
call him Jim. aboard so as not to get
mixed up with Captain Sam; but Sam
was good enough, and Sam went. It'll
was a case of swarming ont on the
| boom TO get the topsail outhaul that
had been made fast in a place where
! You could not reach it, Sam Jumped on
the poop house and took one leap at
| the boom. He despised the use of the
/ boom tackle as a foot-rope; he just
y naturally leaned against the mainsail
and walked out along the boom. When
| he got near the fall he was looking for,
he bulged one leg round the boom and
| stuck the other in the air. then he Law
fat and reach for the rope. 1t was as
pretty piece of quick work in a nasty
| place as / ever want to see.
Also Sam is mate of the Concord.
He can talk in six different languages
at the same time and he has Hawai-
ians, Japs and Portuguese all knowing
what to do, with him leading them.
1t is worth a whole course in nautical
school and a trip round the Horn to
hear him say "Goo' boy Jack, goo
boy Bill. Why's Hay hool' and then
a volley of talk in Hawaiian while
he lays on to the fall of a tackle
until You would think it would break.
Concord Starts First.
When we slipped the double line that
was holding the Concord to the moor.
ing buoy the breeze was none too fresh.
We Stacked off the wind and then the
Hawaii came after. BY the time we
were clear of the brealIwater the Ka.
mehameha had bowsed round and the
Luka came after.
1t was close haul on the wind along
the rocky shore that spreads away from
Kahului harbor and we kept well to
windward. Captain Parker had been
shanghaied aboard the schooner and he
took the wheel. He certainly tooled
her ont of that harbor. The Hawaii
went to leeward and we kept the
weather berth all the way out until
opposite the channel.
Leaving the Harbor.
The sweep of the land from Ka.
hului harbor leads round at direct right
angles to the prevailing wind. Ten
miles from Kahului it turns abruptly
to the westward and forms the souther.
ly side of the channel between Maui
and Moloka. We hoped that the Ha.
waii would put off before the wind
and go down this channel instead of
keeping on and passing to wndward
of Molokai. But we were fooled. Com.
modore Wilder evidently had intentions
of going to leeward but he held up
and followed us.
Hawaii Goes to Windward
Before the Concord had passed half
l of ohan al
the Hawaii had hauled her luff and,
was directly under our lee, gaining on
us like a railroad train. She had both
topsails and fisherman s staysail set
with jib topsail and the cloud of can.
vas, hauled and sheeted close, gave her
the appearance of a beautiful white
bird swimming lightly on the crest of
the waves.
She had some work to do to run
under our lee but she did it and every
body aboard the Concord felt relieved
when they saw that the clever man
| at the wheel aboard the Hawaii had
turned the trick.
Once round the easterly end of
Molokai both the Concord and Hawaii
Stacked sheets and the latter set her
squaresail Then she gained on us
and darkness fell with a ghostly
thing fitting on ahead of us and the
Luka and Kamehameha both we'll
astern, the former keeping too far to
| windward.
We picked up the Settlement light
soon after dark and then one or two
rain squalls made their appearance
on the weather horizon. Meanwhile
some of US had hauled mattresses on
1 nd hA Sl,
| between snores.
| I heard something about going wing
and wing and then realized that some
thing was doing when heard Cap
| tain Piltz call for "mainsail haul"
| The mainsail was jibed over and we
went scooting along with the after
sail out to starboard and the fore
| sail out to port.
Mainsail Taken Aback.
| For some time we ploughed through
the water at a great speed. 1t was
soothing to feel the gentle lift of the
stern of her and hear the rushing of
| the water past her lee. l was awaked
by yell from somebody who shouted
stand by mainsail boom tackle" II
| looked up and saw that the huge
| mansail which had been swelling be-
| lOre lne Wl1lu ndu suddenly Deen TAX
en- aback by a squall that came di-
rectly from off shore.
1t was terrifying experience for a
| few seconds. The mass of canvas
held only by a light tackle. swelled
and pulled backwards until 1t seemed
certain that something must give
| way or we should eapsize. But the
helmsman let her come up to the
| wind trifie and soon the big sail
( was shudderning and grouching like
disgruntled hound. Then the main
| sail was jibed over to the other side
and we were glad to dive below and
| get out of the rain that had come
with the squall. Admiral Beckley
snored. Prince Cupid smiled and the
| steward told us that the ice chest
| was still safe.
Looking for Light.
From that time until we picked up
Diamond Head light we amused our.