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

4 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 l50, and sometimes 10 days
Compare this with the Flying Cloud
marvellous work E-E
In 1851 the Sovereign OF the Seas
reached San Francisco from New
York in l02 days. II of which We're
spent lying off Valparaiso, where
she ran into a gale that partial
ly 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-half
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 6245 miles in % days.
being an average of 2S3.9 miles a day.
Her best run was 4I9 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
IS days All told, she made but six
voyages, and the longest time spent
on any one was 9S days from Hong.
kong. ..:..
The Surprise of London a eontem.
porary of the Natchez. sailed to San
Francisco on her maiden trip in Sc
: days, and her tOpsails were Teefed but
twice during the entire voyage. From
San Francisco she cut across the
North Pacific to Canton in 81 days
loaded tea. secured 96 ton freight
money, and it is said by the time she
reached London she had paid for her.
self. all her expenses of sailing and
maintenance, and had left balance
of 10000 in her owners pockets.
The Samuel Russell of Boston in
1854 made 31S miles in one day, home.
ward bound from Whampoa. In 80
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. 4
CO in IS days. -"
The Lightning of Boston in 1854
crossed the Atlantic to Liverpool in a
few hours over 13 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, 1890
miles. in 81 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, 13.040 miles, in 81 days; the
Red Jacket of Boston, built at Rock
land Me-, from Sandy Hook to Liver
pool pier in Is days, l hour and %
minutes, and from New York to Mel.
bourne, 1920 miles, in 50 days, IL
hours; the Mary Whitredge of Bal
timore. from Cape Henry, Va, to Liv-
erpool, 3400 miles, in j. DAYS and
hours, and the bark Dawn of New
York came home from BGenos Ayres,
500 miles, in So days. .s..sss
The Dreadnought, whose life was a
race against all contenders and in
variably in her favor, in 1865 sailed !
from Honolulu to New Bedford, Mass,
13,470 miles, in 50 days The year
before her smashing run of 8 days II
hours. New York to Queenstown, she
was driven across the Atlantic from |
Sandy Hook to Liverpool in Is days
and hours.
End of the Dreadhaueht.
In 1869, when her fame was at it's
height, the Dreadnought was piled up
on Cape FeIas, 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 a woman (the steward. |
ess) and baby. The wreck occurred on
July 4. and for II days they subsisted |
on shellfish. They were finally res
cued by Norwegian bark. J