Last week, my husband David and I visited Santa Barbara to celebrate our anniversary. As “visiting yachtsmen,” we stopped in at Santa Barbara Yacht Club and while there, we spotted an old friend — the classic yacht “Ranger.”

Long Beach mariner Lesley Scheller reminded me that her uncle Jack Morehart owned Ranger and donated it to the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. The museum takes great care of the yacht, and those that recall its many years in Alamitos Bay are thankful to the organization.

Built in 1917, the yacht was made to the specifications of James Jump, a founding member of the Catalina Island Tuna Club and Catalina Island Yacht Club. Jump and then his son, Robert, owned the boat until about 1940. Under the Jumps’ watch, celebrities Humphrey Bogart, Zane Grey, John Wayne and Errol

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