Zodiac Schooner on Her 100th Birthday

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Zodiac Schooner on Her 100th Birthday
Zodiac Schooner on Her 100th Birthday

The 127 ft Schooner Zodiac was built for the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical heirs in 1924 for use as a private yacht. Zodiac was designed by William H. Hand, Jr., to epitomize the best features of the American fishing schooner. The Johnsons sailed it up and down the East Coast and participated in the King’s Cup Race across the Atlantic to Spain in 1928. From 1929 until 1931, Zodiac was owned by Arthur J. Nesbitt, of Montreal. She docked in Nova Scotia and it cruised the coasts of Labrador and the Canadian Maritimes. In 1931, Arthur J. Nesbitt donated the schooner to the Grenfell Mission, which provided medical and educational services to Labrador and Northern Newfoundland.

During the great depression, Zodiac and was purchased by the San Francisco Bar Pilots. Renamed California, she worked in San Francisco Bay before retiring in 1972 as the last American pilot schooner. 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.
This photo was taken at Port Townsend's 2024 Wooden Boat Festival woodenboat.org/

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Taken on: October 7, 2024
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Camera: Olympus E-M5, f/10.0, 1/1000 sec, 175mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Olympus E-M5
Lens: LUMIX G VARIO PZ 45-175/F4.0-5.6
Aperture: f/10.0
Exposure Time: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length: 175mm
ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: -0.7 EV
Flash: Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Program AE
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Saturation: High
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: Uncalibrated
Software: Adobe Photoshop 25.12 (Macintosh)
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