Tinkerbelle: The Story of Smallest Boat Ever To Cross the Atlantic Nonstop.

MANRY, Robert. Drawings by Roy C. Hearn.

Item Number: 114961

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966.

First edition of Robert Manry’s account of his voyage in the smallest boat to cross the Atlantic nonstop at that time. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, 32 pages of photographs, most by the author. Drawings by Roy C. Hearn. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the front pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset was also one of sailing’s most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation’s highest award, the Gold Medal of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3, 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert, between Nevada and California. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Robert W. Kelley.

In 1965, Robert Manry sailed from Falmouth, Massachusetts, to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, in a tiny 13.5-foot sailboat named Tinkerbelle. At the time, Tinkerbelle was the smallest boat to make a non-stop trip across the Atlantic Ocean.