Tinkerbelle free online book

[Geary]

There has been some talk occasionally on this forum about Robert Manry and his small boat Tinkerbelle. He wrote a book in the 1960's about his Atlantic crossing in a 13-1/2 foot sailboat, but the book is now out of print. I came across this website that posted it online in its entirety for free. (I'm still going to try to find a copy of it, because its a good book to have in my collection).

I wish the book included some detailed plans of the boat, since it has some nice offshore design features ... self bailing cockpit, sealed cabin bulkhead, lots of water tight storage, manual bilge pump, etc. The boat is kinda ugly, but if some of these features were incorporated into a boat not so tough on the eyes (maybe a Hartley? :D), you would have a pretty nice micro cruiser. There are plans online for sale called "Tinkerbelle 2", a plywood design that looks like the original, but I don't want to pay for them.

Tinkerbelle:
The story of the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic nonstop
by Robert N. Manry

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

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tQD7wQgxy2Q/SvG1Xf81PFI/AAAAAAAAAjI/g23odJaplDI/tinkerp54i.jpg

[Robert Meyer]

I think it's not ugly at all. Reminds me of Devlin's Nancy's China.
http://www.devlinboat.com/images/LiuNC_sails2.jpg

[Dan Miller]

Tinkerbelle was (still is, I think she is on display somewhere in Ohio) an Old Town Canoe Company Whitecap model sailboat...with some modifications...

[Geary]

I bought a used copy of "Tinkerbelle" and read it. It's a pretty good read, but I was hoping to get more details about the design.

Luckily, further searching of the above website revealed a free article from Mechanics Illustrated August 1967 titled "Build Tinkerbelle 2" with detailed plans and offsets. (High resolution color images, very nice). The design is an "improvement" from the original Tinkerbelle with a swing centerboard, plywood and other design changes.

I figure WB forumites always enjoy a free set of plans, so here is the link:
http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/general&CISOPTR=367&REC=3

And here is a low-res sample of one of the 6 pages: (The website has much higher resolution images)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tQD7wQgxy2Q/SwMBm_T1aMI/AAAAAAAAAjk/IEgGOtCGFQ4/Tinkerbelle2.jpg

There are also lots of photos here:
http://www.clevelandmemory.org/manry/index.html