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INTRODUCTION

At a party, celebrating the passage of the Phoenix through the Panama Canal, the master of ceremonies introduced our group as follows:

This is the crew of the yacht Phoenix, now on a voyage around the world.

First we have Jessica Reynolds, who is the first little girl, to my knowledge, to have attempted this feat.