Designed, outfitted and has since sailed Ruby — reportedly the first sailing vessel on San Francisco Bay to hold a US Coast Guard passenger licence, and a Bay charter fixture for more than forty years.
- Ruby
- Hull built by the Millerick Brothers; outfitting completed by the captain himself in San Francisco
- Licence
- Operated under charter since 1981; described as the first sailboat on the Bay licensed to carry passengers
- Racing
- Won the 1982 Farallones Race
- 1978Ruby — sloop
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
- Ruby's own site says she was 'designed by her Captain' without naming him in that sentence. Pryor is the only captain named anywhere on the site. The attribution is probable, not confirmed — an earlier captain cannot be ruled out.
Sources
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