Com-Pac Yacht Owners Association

This probably belongs in "Sailing Books and Movies" but I post it here so you don't miss this opportunity.

Read "Tinkerbelle" by Robert Manry

(http://omnisteve.com/TINKERBELLE/MEDIA_RM/tink_crawford_1.jpg)
Tinkerbelle at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum

The story of one man who crossed the Atlantic on his 13.5  foot  sailboat.

http://www.clevelandmemory.org/ebooks/tinkerbelle/

More pictures and his log at:

http://omnisteve.com/TINKERBELLE/index_tinker2.html

ick



PS: More famous small boats: http://www.microcruising.com/famoussmallboats.htm

13 feet??? Oh my Lord.... Is the whole book here in the link? Sounds dangerously enticing....

It's all there illustrations and all.  I admit it I'm hooked!

ick

You can see by the time of my post I couldnt stop reading,o well I have the rest of my life to sleep.Thanx for the link, fantastic read.

Thanks, Ick.
   I'll read it soon..Stories like these are wonderful. I recently read the tale of Howard Blackburn, entitled "Lone Voyager". A wonderful story of accomplishment, perserverance. I won't tell the tale here, but Howard was
a Halibut fisherman out of Gloucester whose dory gets blown away the mothership in a gale and rows 5 days with frozen fingers to land.
   He eventually looses his fingers to frostbite, but still manages to complete 2 transatlantic voyages with no fingers! And we complain when the temps a bit cold!
   Hey!... look at them oars!
   Bob23

If I'm not mistaken Howard Blackburn is infact mentioned in the book!

ick

He's also mentioned in "Singlehanded Sailing" (2cd ed.).  It's a good read for over winter.

Rick,

Thanks, what a great book.  Must make all of the CP16 owners dream of crossing the pond; it seems a 16 would be luxurious by comparison.  My wife had an old copy of Tinkerbelle in our very own nautical book collection.

Ernie (Molly 23/II, 1984)

Hey ICK,

thanks for posting this story, can you post some more ?

http://com-pacowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=1741.msg8864#msg8864

and another:

http://com-pacowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=1742.msg8871#msg8871

I am moving the books into the proper place!  If an Administrator would care to move this thread that would make sense also.

Thanks for the link, what a good read.  Unfortunately my productivity at work really suffered today :-)

You have been READING my mind while the rest of us read "Tinkerbelle" haven't you!

One thing is clear,  Manry overestimates "Tinkerbelle's" speed potential. According to the regular formulas "Tink" should be good for about 4.5 Kt at hull speed.  He does write about surfing from time to time.  With this comment I intend to take nothing away from this very brave man. His relationship with his boat reminds me of a few guys around the CPYOA. Oh! and for his first sail on the Ocean he aims for (and hits) England!

ick

   Joshua Slocumb's "Sailing along around the world" is a wonderful book. I would have loved to meet this king of perserverance who took a derelick boat, rebuilt her, and became the first solo circumnavigator.
   Last winter I was laid up after rotator cuff surgery and asked my father-in-law, the estimable Mr. Otto Hansen, who has forgotten more about sailing than most of us will ever know, to bring me over some books to read. And bring he did!! Many old classics, some out or print, all great!
   Another must-read is "Fifty South to Fifty South" by Warwick M. Tompkins. This is the story of a west-crossing of Cape Horn from 1936 to 1937 aboard The Wander Bird, built in 1879.
   Great black and white photos throughout.
   When I can't sail in winter, I read about it. Keeps the dream alive!!
   Bob23 off to work!

I'm not much of a reader but recently read the link ICK provided about Tinkerbel  and found it interesting.

I plan on reading the others that were provided too when time permits.

Tanks ICK