* Vessels in the Registry are currently being updated, so some links are not active until the process is completed.
Classic Yacht Register of Heritage
The Classic Yacht Register of Heritage is a database of the worlds Vintage, Classic and Grand Prix (Spirit of Tradition) sailboats. The Registry includes surviving, and destroyed vessels, and inclusion is either by vessel’s historical significance, invitation or request.
The wonderful stories and racing histories of these magnificent craft are important to the overall valuation of each vessels historical record, so please provide as much information as possibly including any home videos that you may have.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance) – An important classification within each vessels profile that recognizes the dedicated stewardship, preservation, and celebrity of all the men and women that have cared for and sailed on these legendary vessels. All helping to preserve and add to the historical significance of these vessels for future generation to come.
Reunions – If you wish to be reunited with the vessel that you were once associated with, please let us know and we will do our best to reunite all for a special celebration. Please view the video “Banzai – A Celebration of Life” for one of our reunions. Banzai Reunion.
Wartime Registry of Civilian Sailing Vessels – Dedicated to the Men and Women of the Coastal Picket Patrol – “Semper Paratus,” where civilian sailing vessels and their civilian crews were commissioned into service to defend the front lines of American and European Shores. Wartime Registry.
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Database
There are currently 3 names in this directory beginning with the letter Z.
ZacaZaca - 118 foot Schooner “Zaca”, which means “peace” in Samoan language, was designed by Garland Rotch and built by Nunes Brothers Boat and Ways Co., Sausalito, California - LOA: 118’0″ / 35.96m - LWL: 95’11″ / 29.23m - Beam: 23’9″ / 7.23m - Draft: 14’0” / 4.26m - Hull Number: - Designer: Garland Rotch - Original Owner: Templeton Crocker - Contract Cost: $200,000.00 - Current Owner: Roberto Memmo, Monaco - Year Launched: 1929 - Built By: Nunes Brothers Boat and Ways Co., Sausalito, California - Hull Material: Alaskan Cedar/Teak - Gross Displacement: 122 tons - Sail Area: - Sail Number:
Zaida IIIZaida III - The John G. Alden designed Cutter Zaida was the third vessel of the same name for George Ratsey of Ratsey & Lapthorn - WWII service - Zaida was used during the 1940s in the Picket Patrol — (nine-man crew – lost her mizzen mast off Nantucket in bad weather tracking possible U-boats, crew injured, lost her radio, sails, 1.5 weeks no one heard from her…dec 17 was spotted by a military craft off the coast of Carolina under jury-rugged sails, rescued on December 23 as weather permitted. a part of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary made up of motor boats, yachts and other small craft. Mr. Ratsey was the great-grandfather of Greenport residents Jane Ratsey Williams and her brother Colin Ratsey.
ZephyrZephyr - This magnificent yacht, designed by Joseph M. Soper in 1928 for railway civil engineer Haines B. Ede of New Milton, Hampshire, was built in Dartmouth at the famous Philip & Son Noss Shipyard of stout composite construction – teak and pitch pine planking on galvanised steel frames – and launched in July 1929.- Sail Number: - Type: Cutter - LOA: 66’0″ / 20.12m - LOD: 62’1″ / 18.93m - LWL: 46’0″ / 14.02m - Beam: 13’6″ / 4.12m - Draft: 8’0″ / 2.44m - Displacement: 39 Tons
Ballast: - Yard Number: 754 - Hull material: Wood - Designer: J M Soper & Son - Built by: Philip & Son Dartmouth - Year Launched: 1929 - Original Name: - Original Owner: Private - Former name(s) - Sail Area:
