Ranger, the flagship of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, is a classic big-game fishing yacht. In 1917, she was the first private sport fishing boat built on the West Coast and played a major role in the early popularity and growth of sport fishing in Southern California and Baja California. The 42-foot vessel served as the flagship of the Catalina Island Tuna Club for over 50 years, hosting celebrities and setting records—two of which still stand today for tuna and broad-bill swordfish.
Gift of Jack Morehart.
nterey fishing boat was built in 1926 in San Francisco, California. Boats of this kind were introduced in California by Italian immigrants around the turn of the century and served as the primary vessels in San Francisco’s crab, salmon, and shrimp fishing fleets.