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in sight. From then on, Gou found a spot near the bow and they all gave him the “space” to relieve himself. Gou had his own food and


beverage preferences too. “He didn’t like martinis and he hated tomatoes,” said George. ”He would spit tomatoes back at my face.” Gou did snack on Peanut Butter once in awhile though. “Fresh water was a precious


commodity on board. Sea water was used instead to boil rice, but not for potatoes and spaghetti,” said Paul. The crew took baths using only a cup of fresh water. They would lather up with the fresh water and then rinse with a bucket of salt water after


not so much in intrinsic terms, but in experience that, even to this day, they reflect upon. They recouped their dollar investment mostly from the eventual sale of Suzy to William F. Buckley and to a lesser extent in publicity dollars from Paramount Pictures, at $50 per article for every mention of the Suzy Wong along with the name of their movie of the same name. Paul broke even. Steve paid off his graduate school tuition, and George and Walter used their money to purchase a historic hotel in Seattle. Before landing in Miami, the crew


ridded themselves of some medical supplies. During the sail, if they needed


In all, their investment paid off, not so much in intrinsic terms, but in experience that, even to this day, they reflect upon.


which they would dry immediately. Salt water won’t lather and leaves salt residues on the body. Fixing Suzy Wong and communi-


cating with friends and family often required creativity as well. When the propeller shaft broke enroute to the Maldives Islands, the crew used a British sugar biscuit tin to jury rig a temporary solution. Other happenings aboard the Suzy


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took different forms – some lucky and some just plain unfortunate. Their memorable adventures included tours of the Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque in Brunei, an exception since Christians were normally banned; the Snake Temple in Penang, Malaysia and the Great Sphinx in Cairo, Egypt. On the unlucky side they confronted poisonous sea snakes in the South China Sea near Borneo; Walt being thrown in jail when he purchased a pack of cigarettes with a dollar bill in Sudan and their being six weeks late in leaving Hong Kong which meant they ran into the Southwest Monsoon in the middle of the Bay of Bengal and had to change their route across the Indian ocean. In all, their investment paid off,


to have an emergency operation at sea or stitch up a wound in case of an accident, they had medical morphine, medical books, a scalpel, a hemostat, and many things picked up in Hong Kong. They didn’t want to take these somewhat illicit items through Customs, therefore, the questionable contraband items were filed at the bottom of the Atlantic for safekeeping. The crew drew straws over who would get Gou. Paul won that one. During the journey, two of the


crew, Paul and Steve, met and married the women of their dreams. Walt and George moved to Seattle and went into business together. Paul and his new wife started a travel agency. George later founded the Sailing Heritage Society that offers trips on his schooner, Mallory Todd to vulnerable or terminally ill populations. Steve, after obtaining his graduate degree in finance, worked in humanitarian development in both Africa and China. For a stretch of 17 years he was the Chief Financial Officer of the Baha’i National Assembly in Wilmette. “The ocean is a marvelous place,”


reminisced Walt. Indeed it is.


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