5055 x 3336 px | 42,8 x 28,2 cm | 16,9 x 11,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
settembre 2009
Ubicazione:
Hales Pass, Lummi Island, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
Altre informazioni:
The tall ship "Zodiac" sails past reefnet salmon fishermen in between Lummi Island and Orcas Island, Washington. Built for the heirs to Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid fortune, the Zodiac was designed by William H. Hand, Jr., to epitomize the best features of the American fishing schooner. She competed in the 1928 Transatlantic Race-- where uncharacteristically light winds left heavy ships like the Zodiac to wallow into late finishes. She was sold to the San Francisco Bar Pilots during the Depression, and renamed California. She worked the rugged waters outside the Golden Gate for forty years, retiring in 1972, as the last working pilot schooner in the United States. In the late 70s, the Vessel Zodiac Corporation was formed to operate and maintain the schooner, whose maiden name was promptly restored to Zodiac. Drawing on an experienced crew of sailors and shipwrights who have worked on other tall ships such as the Adventuress, Sea Cloud, Eagle, Lady Washington, and Robertson II, the ship was restored to her former beauty and sailing strength.
