The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-08
YACHT RACE
CONTINUED iron, page nne.)

alton is changing toward the north
about 231a nautical miles in twenty
four hours, or q statute miles, ami
again in September at the autumnal
equinox it is changing toward the
south at the same rate.
These two seasons of the year are
invariably accompanied by gales more
or less severe, and there can be no
doubt that these atmospheric disturb
.ances are caused by the suns rapid
change in declination
CAS- Hawaii's entry must leave for
the Coast five or six weeks before the
race starts, and it would be neither
comfortable nor advisable to leave be-
fore the spring gales are past, the rae
ing season is practically limited to the
months of June and July, because the
yachts from the Coast want to be back
home before the autumn gales set in.
Why June Is Best.
"As the sun approaches our latitude
in May, and just before it reaches its
most northern declination in June, our
atmosphere is rapidly heated, rises
and flows away, while the heavy cold
atmosphere from the north rushes in
to replace it; and at this time the bar
ometeric gradients are sleeper than IN
July, because after the sun reaches
II the Tropic of Cancer the atmosphere
in the northern ATTITUDES becomes
warmer and, consequently, by a par
.tial equalization of temperature, the
flow toward the equator is much
slower in July.
THE yacht Lurline made better time
by nearly two days in June, 1906, as
against July, 1908. While no one par
ticular passage could be taken as 2
criterion, many shipmasters, including
, Captain MacPhail, Cptain Kelley, Cap
, tain Weeden Captain Madsen and Cap
tin Nilsson, who sailed the Annie John
l son down from the Coast in the re
e markable time of eight days, siXteel
: hours, all agree that the trade wind il
fresher and more reliable in June thai
D in July, and they have all been in thu
t island trade for many years.
q "The meteorological charts pub
lished by the Z. S. Weather Bureau
, give a small percentage in favor o
July, but it is more than probable tina
, nearly all the data used was collected
upward of fifteen years ago, as the!
are based on twenty-five years aver
ages of from so to 5000 observation
in each degree square, and we know
that sailing vessels in the island trad
this last fifteen years have made onl,
moderate percentage Of so many voy
ages, taking it for granted that thu
smaller number of observations were
made in localities outside the degree
squares ordinarily traversed.
The climatic conditions all over the
world have changed very materially il
the last twenty years, so that these
publications have lost much of theil
former value.
Why Not Start It in June?
After an opportunity mas slipI ej
by, there is nothing more discouraging
to the average man than to work ant
not accomplish anything, and nothina
more tantalizing than to sail race in
a breeze that takes you along at three
to seven knots an hour, A drifting
watch you may call it, The Hawaii
has demonstrated her ability to clir
off eleven knots an hour in a fresh
breeze without straining a rope yarn
and it would certainly be gratifying to
both the crew and the public who SO
generously subscribed to build her, if
= our boat were to make the trip under
twelve days.
: Viva June! Nix on July"