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

ladies boarding school.
Trouble Starts at Once.
The balloon iib broke out Just as the
yawl was crossing the starting line and
had to be taken in. After considerable
more trouble the balloon jib slit on the
second day out. The jib topsail sheet
parted five minutes later and new ones
had to be bent. The main throat hal
yards were carried away early on the
night of June %, and after working
over them for two hours the crew had
to give up until the next morning.
On the twenty-fifth there was some.
thing doing on board the Nattose.
First Henry (of the crew. dropped
the pail overheard and the Nattose
and the pail chased each other around
in circle trying to get together, but
the pail finally started off on the port
tack to Samoa. 1t knew, apparently,
what was coming. AT half past eleven
in the evening, in taking in the spin
maker, the sail, fell in the water, broke
the boom and tore the cloth. tThe
yacht gibed, - says the log, "and car
ried away the boom tackle and pre-
venter back stay and bent two life rail
stanchions.n The wreck was eventu-
ally cleared away.
June 81 the spinnaker blew out.
June 80 squat carried away the club
topsail sheet.
This ism t the full roster of acct
dents. The rest are in the log. The
Maltese spent. most of her time sailing
south and the rest of the time sailing
back again. At one time she was on
line with the Guadalupe Islands and
Lower California and her course on the
chart looks like that of a broken
backed snake.
The logman mourned towards the
end of the voyage that they had seen
very little of life. However, June 27,
three lying fish flew aboard, just to
say howdy. and the cook cooked them.
This puts the Nattose one flying fish
ahead of the Hawaii where, it will be
remembered, two flying fish few
! aboard on the morning of Captain
Stroud's birthday and the cook cooked
them for the doughty captains birth
day breakfast, to the vast envy of the
officers and crew.
ON June %, after several disastrous
| effects, the cook of the Nattose turned
out cake that made the mouths of
the crew water. He had been Boosting
about that cake for some time. II
formed quite an epoch in the annals
of the Nattose's race.
After the yawl had climbed back ia
the right latitude and slanted down
the Molokai coast, which by the way
was a few hours before that relief ex
petition was talked about, the skipper
and crew had most enjoyable time
Wednesday they were off the coast OF
Oahu which they recognized as part Of
the Hawaiian group.
''Fine place, isn't it, remarked
Captain Ashe, as the yawl slipped By
Honolulu on an easy breeze.
"Darn fine place." agreed the mate
"Prettiest place I've seen since leav
ing San Pedro, blamed if it taintl"
t'Some place." agreed the crew, EN-
Enthusiastically.
"Pass the liquid refreshment
please,'' added Captain Ashe with |
nonchalant wave of the hand to dis
miss bnrdensome topic, and put tn
Yacht about on ',e port tack befor
we hit something. Thank you. Ha
another sail blown out yeti Than
: you again"
The captain took another Whit o
his pipe and snoozed a bit. The Mai
tose hipped her rudder AT damon
: Head, hobnobbed with a palm tree o.
Pearl Harbor and hirted with Barber
; Point. Finally, AT nightfall, the trli
! little vessel was of Waianae, IN
captain snored in long drowsy snof
) that wigqled back to Honolulu an
: made night hideous 20 admirals OF IN
e navy aud the admirals of the yaeh