BONUS FEATURES

BONUS FEATURES is a companion link to PHOENIX OF HIROSHIMA and opens with pictures of and stories about items we had on the Phoenix, includi...

Jerry inflates plastic globe marked with our route around the world. The oil painting behind him is of me at six-ish (before we left Ohio...

     This is the official Phoenix chronometer. Skipper gave it to me after (or for?) my first wedding.      On the boat, it had just look...

     Neither Ted nor I know what happened to the sextant he and Skipper used during the voyage around the world. In a documentary, Voyage...

     See that light-colored stick thing on the lower right hand corner of the desk? Dad and Ted would walk this instrument across the charts...

     This is a terrible picture of the compass. All it shows is its location in the cockpit, aft of mizzen mast, with Skipper's foot ...

     This seems to be the only shot we have of the tiller. I'm straddling it because it's a calm day (and I'm messing around) ...