The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-14
YACHT HAWANTO
Be SOLD SHORTLY
Petition To This End TO Be Heard
BY Circuit Judge Ashford
October A.

On October =, next, Il, is expected,
Circuit Judge Ashford win hear ne.
tition filed recently by the committee
Of the Transpaoifc Yacht Rhce, club.
wherein leave is asked to sell the YACHT
Hawaii. The petition alleges the fact
that ocean races have been discontin.
ued and, that, therefore, the purpose for
which the yacht was first secured no
longer exists. a,.@.tb' ..a##..
The yacht Hawaii, which has been
moored in Pearl Harbor for some time
past competed in three, ocean races
from Southern California 10 Ffbnolulu.
and won one race, came in second in
another and lost place in another race.
The Hawaii is reported TO be In good
seaworthy condition, with good set
of sails and, with the exception of
needed water tanks, the original ones
being worn out, the vessel is ready TO
go to sea. The hull and spars are de.
clared TO. be in good condition, although
the Hawaii has not been on the ways
for some time. 1'@gt.aA p III. : \
Interior Koa Finish .,s.a ts.,..' g..
IL will be remembered that the yacht
is most elaborately finished throughout
with koa fixtures and was built under
the personal supervision Of Alexander
Lyle, Of Sorenson & Lyle, after de.
sign by Crowninshield Of Boston. r.
The yacht was built under the aus.
pices Of a committee from the Hawaii
Yacht Club, with funds obtained by
subscription in the year 1905. Judge
Henry e. Cooper, as chairman, VIII
liam II. Mclnerny, secretary, and Char.
les L. Wilder, treasurer, undertook rs
q committee to raise the funds and
build the yacht TO compete in the
transpaeific races after the Lurline won
the 1905 race from La Paloma.
There were over seven hundred sub
scribers and donors OF material and fit,
tings. The Hawaii has always been
considered the peoples boat. She cost
$l7,5O0 to build, the contractors max
ing nothing on the contract. Every
body was then working to build yacht
for Hawaii nei, to win the transpacific
race. ,.,-.a
The Hawaii entered the second trans.
nacifie race in 1909, skippered by Capt.
3. j. Harris. This race was won by
the former champion, the Lurline. The
Hawaii next entered and sailed in the
1910 race and was commanded by Capt.
Charles T. Wilder, who had with him
an amateur crew. She came into Homo
lulu Harbor first, her time being four
teen days, three hours and twenty-thrse
minutes, thus defeating the Sweetheart
and the Molilou.
Ceased Racing After 1919
The fourth transpacifc race was sail
ed in 1912 from San Pedro, the Lurline
winning and the Hawaii taking second
place, her time being fourteen days,
nfteen hours and thirty-nine minutes.
This was the Hawaii 'sIast race. 80
Since then the Hawaii has been al
together in Hawaiian waters and in To-
cal races has proved speedy racer in
beating to windward in the rough chan.
nels on the way to Maui. She was de-
signed on the lines of a Gloucester fish
erman and is particularly fitted for
rongh weather in windward course,
with her flush decks awash.
The Hawaii is sloop- rugged at present
and has set of good and servieeable
working sails. Her dimensions are as
follows: Length over all, sixty feet and
four inches; length on load water line,
ffty-two feet and ten inches; beam
over planks, sixteen feet; depth of hold,
nine feet; draft extreme, ten feet; east
iron keel, weight twelve tons.
The masts and spars of the Hawaii
are all Of hollow wood, the dimensions
being: Main mast ffty.six feet long;
main top mast, twenty,eight; main boom,
thirty -seven; main gaff, thirty. five;
foremost, fifty; fore-top mast, twenty
six; fore gaff, thirty, and square sail
yard, forty-two feet. The sail areas
are: main sail, 1889 square feet; fore
sail, $50 square feet, stay sail and 9th
'er sails, 1915 square feet, total sail
area of 2945 square feet.