Sailing yachtUnited States flagIMO 7937587
Zodiac
Under way using engine.
Signal 8 min ago 48.72206°N, 122.51313°W Destination Bellingham
This is Zodiac
Zodiac is a two-masted schooner designed by William H. Hand Jr. for Robert Wood Johnson and J. Hand intended to epitomize the best features of the American fishing schooner.
Design and construction
The schooner was the largest vessel designed by William H. Hand Jr., a renowned naval architect, who was a primary developer of the V-bottomed hull motorsailers. Zodiac was built in 1924 at the Hodgdon Brothers Shipyard, East Boothbay, Maine. As built the vessel was 126 feet 10 inches (38.7 m) length overall, 25 feet 2 inches (7.7 m) beam, design draft of 13 feet 11 inches (4.2 m) and a waterline length of 98 feet 6 inches (30.0 m) on design draft. Propulsion was by an Atlas 140 horsepower (100 kW), six-cylinder, four-cycle engine driving a 54 inches (1.4 m), two-bladed propeller for a speed of about 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) under power.
Yacht
Robert Wood and J. Seward Johnson sailed the yacht as far north as Nachvak, Labrador and in 1928 entered Zodiac in a race from New York to Spain with the yacht finishing fourth among the large yachts.
Pilot vessel California
The vessel was the largest schooner operated by the San Francisco Bar Pilots who operated her in peacetime and through wars until 1972 as the last sailing vessel in the United States to serve as a pilot vessel. As a pilot boat is required to be on station during all weather and, in the case of the San Francisco Bar Pilots of the time, remain on station for about five days supporting a crew of seven hosting up to ten pilots, modification was required.
Recently at sea
She has not put to sea in the past 30 days. Yacht Tracker has been following her position since October 18, 2026.
Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikidata.
Specifications
Design
- Builder
- Hodgdon Shipbuilding
- Delivered
- 1924
Identification
- MMSI
- 366968070
- IMO
- 7937587
- Call sign
- WTH5653
Navigation
- Declared destination
- Bellingham
- Track (24 h)
- 1.2 km
- Speed
- 0.0 knots
- Days at sea (30 d)
- 0
- Tracked since
- October 18, 2026
- Last signal
- 8 min ago
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