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Forester (schooner)

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in November 1900. The construction was overseen by Captain Otto Daeweritz who served as the only captain of the vessel during the Forester's 75 year history. Although starting off as a cargo ship delivering lumber and other cargo throughout the Pacific Coast, the Forester was also famous for making
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The Forester is most famous for sailing from San Francisco to Australia in a mere seventy-five days setting a record. Before it burnt to the ground, the Forester was the last intact Schooner still in use on the Pacific Coast.
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trips to China, India, and Australia. By 1935 the Forester was retired from its trips on the Pacific and was settled into the mud flats of
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The remains of the charred hull of the Forester at the Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline.
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Otto Daeweritz
Alameda, California
Schooner
Alameda
Martinez, California
Carquinez Strait
Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline
"Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline"


"The Schooner Forester Historical Marker"
"Trails Challenge series: Martinez Regional Shoreline offers tranquility to visitors"
"Brendan Riley's Solano Chronicles: Vallejo area has its share of sunken ship stories"
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