Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-23
HONOLULU YACHT
ISHERE FOR RACE
The Hawaii Arrives After a Fine
Trip of Twenty-Five Days
Across the Ocean
BIG CRAFT IN FINE TRIM
The Skipper and Crew Are Enter
tained by South Coast
Yacht Club
BIG CRAFT IN FINE TRIM
BY BERT s. COLEMAN

After a long cruise across Pacific
waters for a distance of over 5000
miles, the schooner yacht Hawaii, of
the Honolulu Yacht club, arrived in
Los Angeles harbor yesterday MORN
ing shortly after daylight, twenty-five
days out from her starting point. She
came here to enter the biennial race
from Los Angeles to Honolulu, which
commences on July 8.
Former Commodore Charles Wilder
OF the Honolulu Yacht club was in
command of the handsome craft and
the members of his crew were bronzed
almost to blackness from their long
exposure to the sun, wind and ocean
spray. When they dropped their hook
in the mud of Los Angeles harbor
there was a salute rendered them by
the tugs and steamers in the harbor.
Commodore Smith of the South Coast
Yacht club, Harry Hazard and Fritz
Whitney heard that the craft had ar
rived and they hurried to greet the
skipper and crew of the visiting boat
With the former commodore of the
Honolulu Yacht club were his brother,
Captain Chauncey Wilder, Captain
Charles Lewis, Captain Shorenstrom,
William Stroud, Harry Buck, Robert
Hendry, ]. II. O'Brien, Sam King,
George Sims and J. G. Hamilton, the
ships steward.
WEATHER PERFECT
I'VE had perfect weather all the way
over" declared Commodore Wilder. at
was just like summer cruising around
the islands, and not until we were sew
eral hundred miles off the California
coast did we get a good breeze. Sun
day and Monday we got a lively breeze
and heavy seas. The log gave us a
speed of eleven knots for several hours
and as the result Of the wind we reeled
off 240 miles in "a hours, the record run
of the trip.
mot man of the crew was sick or
disabled on the way over, and except
for the length of time required for the
cruise, it was like a trip from Los
Angeles to Catalina. OF course the
long reaches were somewhat monoto-
nous, but to anybody who likes yacht
ing it is an ideal trip"
William Stroud, Harry Buck and the
steward, J. G. Hamilton, were over on
the last race two years ago. They de-
clare the boat shows great improve
ment over her former work and they
expect to lift the cup this year.
CARRIES LESS BALLAST
Great improvement in the Hawaii's
lines are noticed because she has been
better trimmed. Six or eight tons of
she is much more buoyant than she
was formerly Yachtsmen who have
looked her over declare that the other
entries in the race will have to go
some If they intend to have look in
at the cup.
Most of the men were busy all day
cleaning up ship and changing the
boats canvas. She came over in her
working sails and these were taken
off to make room for her light racing
sails, which are of much larger area.
Her general rig is practically the same
as two years ago.
Yesterday afternoon the skipper and
his crew, logged out in their yachting
uniforms, came ashore and became the
guests of the South Coast Yacht club,
later taking a trip to Los Angeles to
view the city. Last evening the skip
per and his crew were the guests of
Commodore r. C. p. Smith at a sub
stantial dinner at the club house of
the local yacht club, where toasts to
the visitors and their hosts were drank
out of the commodore's cup. Speeches
of felicitation were made and the great
est good feeling was shown to exist
between the yachtsmen, despite the
fact that in a few weeks the two clubs
will be making every effort to defeat
each other for the possession of the
Honolulu cup.
The Gwendolyn II and the Mollilou,
two other entries in the race, are ex-
pected to arrive some time this week
or during the fore part of next week.
From now on the waterfront will be a
scene of considerable interest as the
big yachts try out each others PAGES
in short cruises in local waters.