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Robert Manry (June 2, 1918 – February 21, 1971) was a
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"Tinkerbelle" Land Ho! 1965
Film clip dated 19 August 1965 ''www.britishpathe.com''
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Robert Manry (June 2, 1918 – February 21, 1971) was a copy editor
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of the Cleveland
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''Plain Dealer
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'' who in 1965 sailed from Falmouth, Massachusetts
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, to Falmouth, Cornwall
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, England
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, in a tiny sailboat (an Old Town "Whitecap" built by the Old Town Canoe Co. of Old Town, Maine
Old Town is a city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,431 at the 2020 census. The city's developed area is chiefly located on the relatively large Marsh Island, though its boundaries extend beyond that. The island is ...
, which he had extensively modified for the voyage) named '' Tinkerbelle''. Beginning on June 1, 1965, and ending on August 17, the voyage lasted 78 days.
At the time, ''Tinkerbelle'' was the shortest but not the smallest boat to make a non-stop trip across the Atlantic Ocean
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(till today the smallest is Lindemann's folding kayak). Manry later wrote about the voyage and its preparation in his book ''Tinkerbelle'', in which the sailor expressed shock and surprise at the huge crowds and armada of small boats that greeted his arrival in Cornwall.
After completing his voyage on Tinkerbelle, Robert purchased ''Curlew'', a 1967 Tartan 27 Yawl
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. He then set out with his wife, son, daughter, German shepherd, and cat on a cruise from Cleveland, Ohio through the Great Lakes, down, the Mississippi river, through the Gulf to the Bahamas, up the east coast of the US and ultimately back to Cleveland.
Manry died February 21, 1971, from a heart attack
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in Union City, Pennsylvania
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A small park in Willowick, Ohio
Willowick is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 14,171 at the 2010 census. A suburb of Cleveland, Willowick is served by a branch of the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library. The city's name is a portmanteau of two adja ...
—the town where he lived before his journey—is named after him. ''Tinkerbelle'' is on display at The Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio.
Bibliography
* Manry, Robert. ''Tinkerbelle''. New York: Harper & Row, 1967. * Manry, Robert. ''Tinkerbelle''. London: Collins, 1967.References
External links
The Robert Manry Project
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WEWS
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reporter Bill Jorgenson interviews Manry aboard ''Tinkerbelle'' in 1965: , "Tinkerbelle" Land Ho! 1965
Film clip dated 19 August 1965 ''www.britishpathe.com''
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