The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-28
By The Bo' sun.

The schooner Hawaii sailed out of
Honolulu on pleasure expedition on
the night of Friday, February 10,
laden with a cargo of beefsteak, ice
and amateur fishermen. No one on
board was so raw as to be subject to
that disgraceful weakness politely
termed FINAL de mer, !" not one-that is,
no. one but slightly passe yachtsman
who owned his downfall and carried
supply of pills which the others jeer-
ed at as "anti-no-sicB remedy.
While the cocksure salts were telling
how the Molokai channel of twenty
eight miles of rough water had no ter
ror for them, the humble one was
steadily taking on board small sure
cures to be able to stand up with the
crew of boastful salts who crowded
the deck and watched the sunset lights
on Waikiki.
1t was 7 0 clock as we jibed to run
out of the Honolulu channel before
fresh breeze. The cares of business
were left behind till after Washing
ton g Birthday, and each man calcu-
lated to supply the large koa table in
the cabin with fish in great variety.
"Why! Are you ringing dinner
bell Just as we get under wayao ask
ed one. "Oh, that is only the bell
buoy explained the captain, and the
hungry ones quoted their hopes.
The usual smooth sea in the lee of
Oahu was soon passed and the hill
country of ocean pillows made the
stauneh yacht plunge and dash the
spray from her bows with a deter
mined spirit to get to windward. Our
course lay about northeast, to the
sheltered water under the protection of
the west end of Molokai, bat the wind
had set so far eastward that we could
travel best on course about due east.
With a single reefed mainsail. fore
said, jib and staysail set, the boat had
lively spring to her, as if she enjoy
ed the strong trade wind She then
seudded through the swells rushing
down the channel without once putting
her lee rail under. She no longer had
that ponderous stiffness noticed in her
actions before seven tons of inside bal
last were taken out. Her sailing under
the old ballast was as to the new
trim as the actions of the schoolbov
ballasted with mother IS breakfast bis.
cults trudging toward his school to the
same boy let out for his afternoon
! football game. Whenever the captain
/ feared the squally winds he ordered
p CHI oil 4
ward and all went well
One by one, the seasoned sailors
sought comfortable reclining posi-
ton to windward, slowly and with
serious manner, as if to view the beau
ties of the retreating shores of Waia
lac; all save the gallant captain ant
the apologize pill man. One by on,
the pill man heard with triumphan
smile the trusty sailors calling to tn
Japanese cook, "Ohio, ohio,'' and tn
cook called back "Ohio'' with eoua
poiiteness. Then, with unostentatou
mien, the pallid salts retired to thei
hunks and left the vessel to the waite
on deck.
SO fast had the yacht, travelled tina
at ten clock, after three hours and
VI SohinS, ~ Was HUliceQ I1ldE W
had passed the rough water of til
channel, though no Molokai light coul
be seen. The course sailed would ind
cate that we had gone too far south
see the light, but it was decided to sa
on in the darkness, keeping the san
course eastward. Consequently we "a
. into a calm belt in the lee of the j
land.
Dawn revealed to us our positiC
half way past the island Going abo
on the starboard tack. we beat to win
ward, raised the light and anchored {
the rocky point which forms the we
end of Molokai, stretching its broy
and treeless slope into the rough cha
nell
In the shelter of this point the vac
rocked on the smooth ocean swells a
the sick ones revived sufficiently
enjoy the delicious breakfast biscu
coffee, and steak prepared by Me
the volunteer cook. Poles, hooks a