In October of 2009, these shipmates—Stephen (Steve) Jackson, 75, Paul Cardoza, 83, Walter (Walt) Banks, 78 and George Todd, 78, reunited for the first time in 49 years in Seattle, aboard the schooner Mallory Todd. They reminisced about their travel adventure and talked about their forthcoming book, The Seas of the ”Suzy Wong.” “We thought the Mediterranean


was going to be beautiful sailing and girls at every port,” said Steve, “but we were wrong. We experienced storms and almost no waiting females.”


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Previous page top: “Suzy Wong” under sail. Lower left: “Suzy Wong” at Jones Boat Yard in Miami, just prior to the sale to William F. Buckley. Lower right: George Todd (with red bucket) working with two guys from the boatyard in Palma de Mallorca, re-doing the bottom paint, repainting the sides and waterlines after about a year out.


This page, clockwise from top left: Steve Jackson, Paul Cordoza, Walt Banks and George Todd just after the boat has been launched from the New Territories, Hong Kong, 1960. Gao on deck of the “Suzy Wong” as they near Singapore. Steve, Paul, Walt and George, 49 years later reunited aboard George’s boat “Mallory Todd.” The map of the “Suzy Wong’s” adventures from Hong Kong to Miami.


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