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"Errol Flynn's Schooner "Zaca"" by Paul McGehee. The acclaimed movie star of "Robin Hood" and "Captain Blood" fame was also an avid yachtsman. Notwithstanding the many ladies that the dashing young actor pursued during his days as one of Hollywood's leading men, there was but one real true love for him...the beautiful and sleek schooner "Zaca". She was built in 1929, and the 118" vessel spent many years as a pleasure yacht before being taken over by the U.S. Government during World War II to be used as a West Coast radio ship. She is credited with communicating positions of passing Japanese ships while off of the California coast. She was purchased by Flynn in 1945 who frequently sailed her out of her home port in Jamaica. He owned "Zaca" until his untimely death in 1959. After years of legal battles pertaining to his estate, she eventually fell into disrepair in the 1960's. Happily, she was recently restored, and the storied "Zaca" now sails again as a charter yacht in the waters of Monaco.
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