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  • Pat and Sam in Los Angeles (2018)
  • Avalon cove and moorings
  • John Payne’s sailboat Capricorn (courtesy of Marilyn Wayne)
  • Isthmus of Catalina Island viewed from airplane
  • Example of replica treasure coin (credit Reller Gold)
  • Harbor Patrolman Curt Craig (1981) (courtesy of Curt Craig)
  • Restaurant owner and Harbor Patrol operator Doug Bombard (2017) (courtesy of Jan Morris)
  • El Galleon, Natalie Wood’s favorite Avalon restaurant
  • Research assistant Jan Morris and Doug Bombard on Catalina Island (2016) (courtesy of Jan Morris)
  • 1970 newspaper story about Jill St. John’s luxurious life
  • John Payne and Anthony Wayne (1981) (courtesy of Marilyn Wayne)
  • Stanley Mosk Courthouse housing Los Angeles County Superior Courts
  • Lana Wood with portrait of sister Natalie as Anastasia (1982) (courtesy of Lana Wood)
  • Natalie and Lana Wood in the ’60s (courtesy of Lana Wood)
  • Natalie Wood’s parents Maria and Nick Gurdin (courtesy of Lana Wood)
  • 1981 newspaper clipping of Natalie Wood’s arrival in N.C. for Brainstorm filming
  • Researcher Kevin Brechner and Pat Perroni in Los Angeles (2018)
  • Down jacket similar to one Wood Natalie Wood wore on November 28, 1981
  • 1964 article about Jill St. John in This Week magazine
  • Zodiac dinghy being towed from Perdition Cave (1981) (credit Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)
  • Pat and Sam Perroni with movie producers Peter Beard and Dave Nath (2017)
  • Jill St. John and Robert Wagner with his daughters Natasha and Courtney and housekeeper Willie Mae Worthen (credit © 1982 Gary Lewis)



  • Splendour in disrepair at Ala Wai Harbor in Hawaii in December 2019 (courtesy of Zepure Matossian)
  • Deterioration on Splendour‘s portside in late 2019 (courtesy of Zepure Matossian)
  • Time and weather took a toll on Splendour, its starboard side revealing major damage in 2019 (courtesy of Zepure Matossian)
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