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Hindu Charters is a family-owned, local business based in Key West, Florida.
Hindu is the oldest, most historic wooden schooner in the Keys.
Built in 1925, she was designed by the famous William H. Hand Jr., of Portland, Maine.
Her lines, shape, and style are inspired by a half-scale model of a Grand Banks fishing schooner.

In 1938, William J. Parker bought the schooner and sailed her to India.
It was upon first arrival there that William J. Parker rechristened her with the name “Hindu”.
Hindu reportedly sailed spices from India to the United States on two occasions.
During World War II Hindu assisted U.S. Coast Guard Coastal Patrol along the Eastern Seaboard.
Hindu passed through owners, but in 2012, a Key West architect with a long history and love of sailing, rescused Hindu from bank ownership and began restoration work with the help of many friends and family.


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