No.408 Falls of Clyde Departing Honolulu HarborIn a view from around the turn of the century, the famous four-masted bark Falls of Clyde is unfurling its sails as it leaves the channel to Honolulu Harbor, passing an old whaling bark approaching the channel. In the background (a bit off the bow of the whaler) the old Customs House can be seen along the waterfront of the city. Further to the left, the twin steeples of Kaumakapili Church rise between masts of ships moored in the harbor. Rising in the distance immediately to the right of the Falls of Clyde are the sunny slopes of Tantalus (Puu Ohia) and in front of that the distinctive shape of Punchbowl. I've imagined a couple out for sail on this sunny day in a whimsically named gaff-rigged sailboat, the Pau Hana. The Falls of Clyde was built in 1878 in Glasgow, and was put into service between Hawaii and the West Coast by Matson in 1900.
No.409 Falls of ClydeThe 1809 ton bark was originally a four-mast ship built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1878. It was converted to a bark when it was purchased by Matson in 1900 for service between the West Coast and Honolulu. In this scene it is passing through an unusually calm Molokai Channel in bound for Honolulu. Rain squalls are visible in the distance passing over the west end of Molokai.
No.410 Bark Kaiulani
The view is of the steel bark Kaiulani outward bound off Waikiki with Diamond Head in the background. The Kaiulani was named after Princess Kaiulani and built in 1899, the same year that, eight months later, the beautiful twenty-four year old princess died. Built in Bath, Maine, the Kaiulani was considered one of the fastest square-riggers in the Pacific in the days before World War I and made frequent trips between Hawaii and San Francisco, usually carrying raw sugar back to the Mainland. She was the last American square-rigger merchantman to carry passengers at sea. Unsuccessful efforts were made to restore her in the 1960s and again in the mid-70s.