Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-13

clippers shows what a falling off
there has been in the speed of sailing
craft since their time Nowadays yes.
sells bound from the British Isles or
the Atlantic coast to San Francisco
make the passage in anywhere from
1870 to $50, and sometimes 10 days.
Compare this with the Flying Clouds
marvellous work. s
In 1851 the Sovereign Of the Seas
reached San Francisco from New
York in l02 DAYS, IA of which were
spent lying off Valparaiso, where
she ran into gale that partial
iy dismasted her. After discharging
at San Francisco she sailed for Ho-
nolulu and ran from that port TO New
York in IS days without starting a
| tack. In ten consecutive days she
made 5000 miles From New York
she sailed for Liverpool. was becalm-
ed on the banks of Newfoundland. and
when she got chance ran from there
to the Mersey in five and one.haf
days. This passage, including the
time she lay becalmed, occupied only
Is days and 10 hours.
In the following year the same ship,
bound from San Francisco to New
York, covered GAS miles in % days.
being an average OF 1898 miles a day.
Her best run was 419 miles. Once
she topped this by a days work of
437 miles.
The NatcheZ was another famous
vessel, and once made the passage
home from Canton to New York in
76 days All told. she made but six
voyages, and the longest time spent
on any one was SO days from Hong
kong. .... i. s
The Surprise Of London n conten.
porary of the Natchez, sailed to San
Francisco on her maiden trip in 90
|. days, and her topsails were reefed but
twice during the entire voyage. From
San Francisco she cut across the
North Pacific to Canton I'm 81 days
loaded tea, secured &c ton freight
money, and il is said by the time she
reached London she had paid for her
self, all her expenses of sailing and
maintenance, and had left a balance
of 100000 in her owners pockets.
The Samuel Russell of Boston I'm
1854 made 31S miles in one day, home.
ward bound from Whampoa. In 30
consecutive days she covered 6722
miles, or nearly half the distance be-
tween New York and China.
In 1852 and 1853 the Flying Dutch.
man of New York went to San Fran
cisco, discharged, loaded and rounded
out the voyage, covering 1920 miles,
wharf to wharf, in six months and 81
days. She sailed from the Golden
Gate to the Horn, $3.50 miles, in 80
days. In 1853 the Trade Wind of New
York reached home from San Francis.
co in IS days.
The Lightning of Boston in 1854
crossed the Atlantic to Liverpool in a
few hours over Is days. This ship,
just prior to the beginning of the war,
was sold to England, rugged into a
bark and entered into the Australian
passenger service. She sailed once
from Melbourne to Liverpool, 1880
miles, in Ga days.
On the heels of these performances
down to 1870 others occurred quite as
as remarkable. The Comet of New
York went from Liverpool to Hong
kong, 1000 miles, in 81 days; the
Red Jacket of Boston, built at Rock
land, Me-, from Sandy Hook to Liver
pool pier in 13 days, l hour and %
minutes, and from New York to Mel.
bourne, 1920 miles, in So days, IL |
hours; the Mary Whitredge of Bal |
timore, from Cape Henry, Va, to Liv-
erpool, 3400 miles, in L. days and Z
hours, and the bark Dawn of New
York came home from BGenos Ayres, |
COLO miles. in SO days.
The Dreadnought, whose life was d |
race against all contenders and in
variably In her favor, in 1866 sailed |
from Honolulu to New Bedford. Mass,
1870 miles. in 50 days. The year
before her smashing run of 9 days Ii
hours. New York to Queenstown, she |
was driven across the Atlantic from
Sandy Hook to Liverpool in 13s days /
and hours.
End Of the Dreadnaught.
In 1869, when her fame was at its |
height, the Dreadnought was piled up
on Cape Fenas, to the northeastward |
of the island of Terra del Guego, while |
bound from Liverpool to San Francis.
co. Her loss was attended by terrible
sufferings on the part of the crew OF !
"a, including woman (the steward.
essl and baby. The wreck occurred on
July 4, and for II days they subsis.ed !
on shellfish. They were finally res
cued by a Norwegian bark.
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