The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-07

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An Untnovn Quantity
An cutry vblsh D. ah.olutsiy au uu
known uulutity BE- fhe fhnkes Girl.
seventy htc foot ketDh built hy lre
Door in san Diego dvo ychfs ago she
naw belongs 90 Commodore A , Mitch
80 OF the suhEct Yacht Cl1b of Long
Reach The craft hns never been raced
agninf large boats. Bot has shown "a
surprising umonat oi speed in good
licr lines are not pretty aud she ap
pears 30 have been hogged during
her construction She hns fine body
below the watrtliuc, however, and q q
siin aud able craft, capable OF crowd
ing on cnnyns when tho average boat
is tucking away her rags" for safety.
The foregoing list makes FIVE entries
aud among the possibilities which may
enter later arc the Gwendolyn H. which
I took third ia the Honolulu race of 1905.
/ Tho Marian, an eightyfoot schooner
with fast lines, belonging TO Van Der
gen 8 stone, the san Francisco boat
builders may be chartered by members
of the South Coast Yacht Club for the
race, and the big Norris schooner sea
farcr, which recently sailed around the
world, may also be entered in the race
There appears TO be "a desire on the
I part Of the san Francisco boosters TO
have that city brought TO the front in
the yacht racing game.
Better Show for Small Craft.
VfuI.hr In mn tttls IL. Ilat -
will stand better show than former
ly, when the hundicap was merely half
an hour n foot OF wlterline for the
shorter boats over the longer craft ON
the watarine length The rule this year
which as been settled upon By the race
committee is the addition of threequa
tiers of an hour foot TO the time of
the larger boats, the length being de-
cided by the waterline measurement
plus half the oyorhang. This will give
the smaller boats a better handicap over
the larger craft than formerly and will
, result IN more entries, MS the old meas
, uremeut made owners of small boats
feel helpless when trying TO defeat big
ocean going craft like the Lurlne, Both
the latter and the Aggie have long wa.
terlines and short overhangs,
The race is biennial affair and the
longest distance race IN any part Of
the world, II was started by Commo.
dore Macfarlane of the Hawaii Yacht
Club in the spring Of 1905, when he
sailed over 10 San Francisco in his
yacht La Paloma to arrange with the
San Franciscans for race between the
a Bay City yachtsmen and the local en-
/ thusiasts. While he was at sea fire and
! earthquake destroyed San Francisco
! and he was an amazed yaehtsman when
he sailed through the Golden Gate and
found the city in ruins. He then sail
ed for San Pedro and had a talk Will
4 the Los Angeles yaehtsmen, which re
|, suited in the South Coast Yacht Clul
agreeing to join "A biennial contest from
!, tho south California city to Hawaii
Commodore Sinclair of the South Cons
= Yacht Club entered the Lurline, anC
. the San Diego Yacht Club entered thu
q big English keteh, Anemone, The Lur
y line won, with the Anemone second ans
the In Paloma third
IS Hawaii Builds Yacht.
y . Nothing daunted by their defeat, tn,
- Honolulu yachtsmen prepared for tn
:. 1908 race by building the eighty,foo
= schooner Hawaii the citizens Of tn
p city paying for the construction of tn
= craft by popular subscription. Materia
y was contributed by enthusiastic firm
y, and splendid sea.gong boat was pro
: duced and taken over to San Pedro
: The foremost of the schooner was rig
ged with huge squaresall, with whic
10 run down the everlasting nO7theas
10 trades. The Lurline was again enters
st by Commodore Sinclair, also the yaW
re Lady Maud, by the San Diego Yach
)s Club, and the GwendOlyn II by ia
o. johnson Brothers Of the Seattle Yach
N Club. The Hawaii proved that Will
IN she was n splendid heavy weather boa
n she was not entirely efficient Ms q race
a. IN spite of her handsome appearance
IN She came in second, the Gwendolyn
X was close third, and the Lady Mau
ID was n poor fourth.
to The Hawaii went over again In III
1t spring Of 1910 for tho race, which WI
id started on July IL. Only two oth'
TO boats were entered. They were IL
st.. schooner Sweetheart, belonging TO Con
he modoTe "Bob'' Smith Of the Soul
al Coast Yacht Club, and the yawl Mo
'st ilou Of the Aeolinn Yacht Club,
by Alameda The last named boat was sal
os ed by Captain Louis Ward, owner I
lie the yawl lola, and the cTaft was desti
an ed for cruising purposed in the Islam
off She was built solely for cruising AT
he her slow race ncross TO the Islands sl0'
he ed that she had certainly been bui
on for no other purpose. The Hawaii W.
Ter without difficulty from the old Swee
he heart, winch had been rerigged AZ
err deepened especially for tho race. ~
he Sweetheart will not be in this year
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