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The 1913 Adventuress (133 ft long, 115 tons, 5478 sq. ft. of sail) and the 1924 Zodiac (160 ft long, 147 tons, 7000 sq. ft. of sail) are old gaff-rigged schooners that are still in use today. Both have a graceful racing schooner hull shape.

Zodiac was built in 1924 at the Hodgdon Brothers Shipyard, East Boothbay, Maine. The 160-foot Schooner Zodiac was built for use as a private yacht. Zodiac was designed by William H. Hand, Jr., to epitomize the best features of the American fishing schooner.She raced and cruised for many years but during the great depression and was purchased by the San Francisco Bar Pilots. Renamed California, she enjoyed a storied career in San Francisco Bay before retiring in 1972 as the last American pilot schooner (with pilot number 8 on her sail). She was purchased and restored by a community of shipwrights, sailors and historians who formed the Vessel Zodiac Corporation and operate her as a charter vessel from her homeport in Bellingham, WA. The Zodiac was added to the National Register of Historic Places by act of Congress in 1982. schoonerzodiac.com/history/

Adventuress is a 133-foot gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine. She was designed by B.B. Crowninshield for John Borden who intended to sail to Alaska to catch a bowhead whale for the American Museum of Natural History. Borden's efforts to catch a whale failed. He sold Adventuress to the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association, which marked the beginning of her 35 year career as pilot boat #15. Around 1952, Adventuress was brought to Seattle, where she eventually, she wound up in the care of Monty Morton and Ernestine Bennett, who managed a non-profit sail training organization called Youth Adventure. Under their ownership, the boat was restored to most of her original lines, which had been altered during her years as a working vessel. In 1988, Sound Experience began conducting educational programs on the vessel, and the following year she was listed as a National Historic Landmark. Today Adventuress is operated by the non-profit organization Sound Experience, as a platform for environmental education about Puget Sound. The 15 on her sail is her number from her days a pilot ship in San Francisco. www.soundexp.org

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Taken on: September 6, 2019

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