Feb. 6, 1904.] 
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Paloma was still dropping behind, and we beat her 
by one tack round the first, and two round the second 
headland. At eight bells, just after we rounded the 
atst poitit of Kahuku, she was a good six miles to the 
iad. . There was no easing up on our part, however. 
JEVen if the, head, wind Was iil our favor, there was no 
. Celling ' wheii ' it might shift. There was noW a thirty- 
uM<>ut mile stretch to Mokapu Point, aild there was a 
idhg spitihaker run froitl there horiie. So we kept 
racing, the crew, soaked through Idhg ago, kept to the- 
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A New Zealand Crack. 
weather rail. Lunch consisted of the passing of a bowl 
of poi, the national Hawaiian dish, made from pounded 
taro root, not unlike arrow root in substance, washed 
down with a tot of grog. 
Punaluu, the most prominent cape, took a long time 
to get by, 3,nd five bells struck before we passed it. 
Then sterile Mokapu Point loomed up out of a rain 
s(iuall ahead. A mile off shore lies Bird Island, some 
200 feet high, cone shaped, and white with sea fowl. 
Rides without Whip or Spur. 
There is plenty of water between, but the sea boils 
like a cauldron. It is a short cut, however, and we 
steered for it. In the shelter of Mokapu lies a big 
harbor with a narrow entrance, deep water inside, but 
plenty of shoals or rather tops of miniature craters 
that need care to avoid. Out of this harbor came a 
^coasting schooner as we neared the island passage. 
This was close on to 3:30, and the Paloma was now lost 
to sight behind a rain squall. When it cleared away 
it was good-by Paloma. We did not see her again 
until next morning in Honolulu harbor. Pointing well 
Commencing Investigations. 
in'tcthe . wind, we soon left the schooner astern, and 
passed, -between the island and "Mokapu. This safue 
Scbooner acted as a delusion and a snare to the Paloma 
which overhauled her later with the glee, thinking they 
hid caught us in a calm until they fduncL she had two 
sticks. As we passed the island we ^ave a whoop, and 
tK^, top seemed to lift off it as a cloud of feathered 
fis,her folk rose and. wheeled and wheeled again with 
raucous cries at our rude disturbance. 
;*;,There was stilkone more point to pass, and. then we 
Wc^Id fetch the home side of the island again. This 
w^- Makapuu, not Mokapu, which we had just passed 
a\^3':'45. . Mokapu marks the south, eastern .corner of 
"i(5i:hu:;and' an .island .lying ..off shore,, known as Rabbit. ■ 
I^andt and swarnaing .with fuaatails, has often been an 
oljjectilv.e point Un l«).c;al races: Hej-e, also, many stores 
of co;^tf^br^W(} tisve'ljeen I'^ti'ded, opidm ior 'tla^ CV^^^^ 
CLUB HOUSE OF THE HAWAII Y. C. AT PEARL HARBOR. 
and rifles for revolutionists. Between Rabbit Island 
and the mainland lie smaller islets of jagged rock,' be- 
tween which there lies perilous passages; often taken 
advantage of in races, but not to be looked at this time 
in the growing dusk. The-wind was as strong as ever, 
and rain squalls seemed frequent ahead. 
Once round Makapuu there lies a dead run to Hono- 
lulu of some twenty miles, and here the heavy pinioned 
Paloma was sure to make up time. Five o'clock found 
us rounding Rabbit's Island and Mokapu, forty-four 
miles of beating in ph. and 14m. We eased oif,,the 
sheet as the wind came astern, hauling on the lee top- 
ping lift to keep the boom out of the heavy seas ;that 
followed us and, rising under our counter, sent- us 
coasting down their sides at eleven knots. We sped 
along like a surf boat, and there was no necessity -for 
a spinnaker. A heavy squall came up behind and urged 
the Gladys along like a surf boat. It was fast deepin- 
ing to twilight, but we left the lights unlit. Ahead, 
over Honolulu, the sun sunk in sulphurous tinted 
clouds,' while behind lay cold gray, storm-rack edged, 
with the warm afterglow. The scene was awe inspiring, 
coasting along the forbidding shore where the- two 
scarred, extinct craters of Koko Head and Kokolipe- 
lipe,' stood out with the sunset clouds behind them;jlike 
Dreadfully Cut Up. 
the wraith of their former fires. Not a habitation was 
ashore, not a bird in sight, only the little white boat 
racing through the big green surges. 
Teddy started to slacken the jib a trifle, and a gust 
came up unawares and flicked the wet sheet through 
his fingers. There was no preventing knot at the end 
of the . sheets, and out flapped the cloth in the wind. 
Forward went the giant and the skipper, while Teddy 
and the . referee took in the mainsheet and luffed the 
reluctant Gladys. It took ten minutes to secure the 
wilful, -jib with tlie yacht tossing fretfully on the big 
billows - meanwhile, but . soon all was secured once 
more and again we were winging it home. The rain 
caught us and washed the salt from our faces, but 
wind was with it and we welcomed it. All hands -were 
beastly hungry, but Diamond Head, beloved of tourists, 
the dead crater that, like a lion couchant, rests" by 
Honolulu, showed its rugged outline against the fading 
sky. The lighthouse at its foot flashed a warning,'- but 
we kdew these waters, and . coasting the reef within 
half' a mile of shore, soon opened up the lights of 
Waikiki, Honolulu's Long Branch. Soon the range 
lights of the Honolulu harbor were visible, and before 
we knew it the spar buoy at the channel entrance 
loomed-up on the starboard beam and the race was 
over.. I Time, 7:41:33; just I2h. from the start,_ a 
distance_of 63 miles. Three short tacks up channel 
brdught_til to the warf-, where we were to lay fqr^t:the 
night, and soon four hungry, but jubilant men ciilribed 
ashore." Garriages were in waiting. We, or rather a 
yacht, had been telephoned by Diamond Head Charlie, 
-'dxid the, referee's wife, confid-ent irj the Gladys coming 
. in first, .viras waiting,: . Hardly - had we. finished our ■ 
conjugal, dinners at home when the Paloma was . tele- 
][>|^pned from the H|htl?b Shf li^d vx^^ into a lieavy 
squall had come flying, along, passing the mark at 8:47 
an hour and six minutes behind on the second leg. The 
race was oUrs with three hours to spars, and no time 
allowance asked for.- Total distance, 108 miles. Total 
time, 2ih. 52m. - • • - - 
Next morning We repaired aboard, refreshed by a 
night's rest ashore, and still happy from our victory. 
The Gladys looked as ready for another spin as we 
The Sunken Dredge. 
v/ere. Everything was a blowing and a drying, the 
skipper having sent a servant down early to dry out: 
and clean up. The race had brought : a little water! 
aboard through the forward hatch, but that was soon: 
pumped out, and putting our provender aboard, we 
stood out channel bound for Pearl Harbor and the 
completion of our holiday. The sun dried out sail and: 
sheet speedily, and we, were soon running off the eight' 
and a half knots to the cruising club house at the' 
mouth of the channel. The wind was free, the weather 
fine, and we fought our battle over again in the cock-, 
pi . With the mainboom to port we rigged out the jib: 
The Lone Fisherman. 
to starboard on a short spar and so went wing and 
wing, making the trip in an hour flat. 
The lochs are ideal cruising places for our mosquito 
fleet, and indeed, for all craft of ordinary size. The 
water runs in places to 138ft. and the channel en- 
trance has been recently dredged to a uniform depth of 
30ft, and a width of 200ft. Inside is anchorage for all 
the fleets of the world. The lochs comprise a body of 
water some sixteen miles in area, running four miles 
inland to where streams render the water brackish. 
Peninsulas divide the water into three natural lochs 
shallowing for the last half mile, but of ample depth 
up to that pointy varying from four to thirty odd 
fathoms. One large island and some smaller ones help 
out regatta courses, to cover -which the steady trades 
,blow the year round. Mountain ranges surround the 
lochs and the shores are emerald with cane. 
Anchored Qff ^hf clu^) house, three an4 ^ half mi}e| 
