





Tinkerbelle:

The story of the smallest boat ever

to cross the Atlantic nonstop

by Robert N. Manry

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The story of the smallest boat everto cross the Atlantic nonstop On June 1, 1965 Robert Manry, a copy editor for the Plain Dealer and a Willowick, Ohio resident, left Falmouth, Massachusetts aboard his 13.5-foot sailboat, Tinkerbelle, to begin his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. He arrived in Falmouth, England seventy-eight days later on August 17, 1965. At the time of the crossing Tinkerbelle was the smallest boat to have ever crossed the Atlantic. Read it online now