Tinkerbelle image gallery
Summer days of sailing, circa 1959.
A brisk sail on Lake Opeongo at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Mate Douglas inspects the vessel.
Robin and Douglas asleep in their cockpit berth.
Building the cabin.
Partly completed cabin, cockpit, and deck, circa 1963.
Virginia christens reincarnated boat, ‘Tinkerbelle‘.
Applying anti-fouling paint shortly before departure for Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Departure from Willowick, Ohio, on May 23, 1965.
Tinkerbelle gets her first taste of the sea at Falmouth, Massachusetts, May 26, 1965.
Loading supplies aboard Tinkerbelle. John Place (Virginia’s brother) is on dock.
Virginia at Falmouth, Massachusetts, with plastic bottles containing water for voyage.
Rowing to the mooring; loaded Tinkerbelle sits low in the water.
USS Tench moves off after encountering Tinkerbelle, June 7 1965.
Drying clothes while becalmed.
Sea anchor keeps bow pointed toward wind and waves.
Television newsman Bill Jorgensen interviews me at sea on August 9. (WEWS-TV photo – Walter Glendenning)
Manry welcomes Bill Jorgensen aboard Tinkerbelle during interview at sea, August 9. (WEWS-TV photo – Walter Glendenning)
Falmouth, England, August 1965.
Reunion with Robin, Douglas, and Virginia.
“Hi, everybody!”
Clearing a path through the crowds.
The Greenbank Hotel, Falmouth, England.
Robert and Virginia Manry at welcome banquet in Falmouth, England.
