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he news this month
that perhaps most
caught my attention,
apart from the
disastrous events at
Holyhead Marina,
is the fi lm documentary on the
voyage of Robert Manry.
Manry was working as a copy
editor at a regional newspaper near
Pittsburgh, USA, when he bought
Tinkerbelle, his 14ft dinghy. He
then set about building a cabin
for her and hatching plans to sail
from Falmouth, Massachusetts to
Falmouth England. He set off in
early summer, 1965, alone, having
taken a sabatical from work, but
arrived in the UK 90 days later
something of a hero and becoming
the latest record holder of the
smallest boat to sail the Atlantic.
His book is extraordinary, butI cannot wait to see some of the
16mm fi lm footage he took as well.
All of which prompted me to
catch up with Undaunted, the 3ft
6in long (and almost the same
wide) vessel purpose-built to
become this era’s smallest boat ever
to sail the Atlantic.
She was due to set sail from the
Canary Islands in December 2017,
having set off and turned back the
year before from the same port.
This time round, her designer
and solo skipper, Matt Kent, was
forbidden by Spanish authorities
from setting sail at all.
The boat is quite a feat of
engineering with amazing stability,
but just 2.5 knots under full sail. I
hope he remains, in honour of his
vessel, undaunted for another go
next December!
Robert MelottiTiny transatlantic boats
Matt Kent on board Undaunted, his square-rigged 3ft 6in (1.06m) vessel that he
designed specifi cally for becoming the smallest vessel to sail across the Atlantic5EDITORIAL
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Waiting for
the tide
with the editor