The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-09-06
OCEAN RECORDS
NOW IN DANGER
Hawaiian Named Boats Will Rae
Across the PaCific-The
HeIga's Leak.

TACOMA, August el. No little
rivalry exists between Capt. Chris
Larsen of the barkentine Koko Head,
well known at Tacoma, and Capt. N.
p. Carlson Of the barkentine Iahainaj
which have been DIGGING each other
for months, both OF them making smart
voyages. These lumber carriers belong
to the splendid fleet Of fore-aud-afters
owned and operated on this Coast by
Hind Rolph & Co., nearly all of which
have called at Tacoma. The schooner
James Rolph OF this fleet was at Ia.
coma several years ago loading coal for
the Hawaiian Islands. She was then in
command of Captain Olsen, who lost the
Rloph ADJUST . short distance south
of the Golden Gate.
The Koko Head is at present loading
lumber at Everett for Sydney, New
South Wales, and Captain Larsen hopes
to better his record of last year to the
antipodes. The Lahaina is at Willapn
to aain load for Sydney, and althouh
she will not be ready gto put to sea for
several weeks after the Koko Head. the
rivalry between the masters is as keen
as last year, when they departd from
British Columbia for Australia within
week of each other. Captain Larsen
expects to try conclusions with the
barkentine Puako of the same feet,
which is ready to leave for Sydney.
| The two smart barkentines Koko
Head and Lahaina are Of practically the
same size and equal in speed Their
records on the last voyage to Australia
and return are so identical as to be
almost remarkable. The Koko Head
went in sixty-scven days, while the La
haina did the long distance in one day
less. Both vessels were delayed for a
long time by the strike at Newcastle
before the ycould leave out. They de.
parted for San Francisco the same day,
the Lahaina beating her rival by five
days, making the passage in seventy
days, while the Koko Head required
seventy-fve.
This run is worth moro than passing
notice, as the rival masters took two
far removed routes, the advantages Of
far removed routes, the advantage of
each having advocates among the cap
tains who come from Australia to this
Coast. Captain Larsen selected the Ia
hiti route, and in forty-three days he
crossed the equator in longitude TIA
west. Captain Carlson chose the route
between the Fiji Islands and New Gale.
donia, much farther to the west. He
crossed the line when thirty-eight days
out, in longitude IT'S east, and although
he reached the equator five days before
his rival, the KOko Head was about
two thousand miles farther east when
she crossed only FIVE days later than the
Lahaiua. North of the line the Lahaina
had strong fair winds to port, while
the Koko Head was held back by calm'
and head winds, accounting for the La
haina IS better passage. In spite Of this
Captain Larsen believes the Tahiti
route is the better.
While at Newcastle, Captain Larser
was in company with the British shiI
Blysthwood, so well known at Tacoma
This ship left the coal port May 81
and is reported arriving at Chimbote
Feru, July %, having made fairly
good run across the Pacific. The mas
ter of the Koko Head was also in port
with the British bark Heiga, which wai
wrecked last week in the Hawaiian Is
lands, after being Ion goverdue. Cap
tain Larsen reports that the Helga wa'
leaking badly while in port at New
castle.