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Sir Francis Chichester's achievements with Gipsy Moth IV

Single-handed around the World 1966-1967

 

• Fastest voyage around the world by any small vessel - approximately twice as fast.
• Longest passage that had been made by a small vessel without a port of call - 15,500 miles (24,800 km)
• More than twice the distance of the previous longest passage by a singlehander. 15,500 miles (24,800 km) compared to 7,400 miles (11,800 km)
• Twice broke the record for a singlehander's week's run by more than 100 miles (160 km)
• Set a singlehanded record by covering 1,400 miles (2,250 km) from point to point in 8 days
• Twice exceeded the singlehanded speed record for a long passage - 131 3/4 miles (210.8 km) per day for 107 days and 130 1/4 miles (208.4 km) per day for 119 days.
• Third true circumnavigation of a small vessel via Cape Horn.

 

Other special features about Gipsy Moth IV and Sir Francis Chichester:

• Gipsy Moth IV in dry-dock at Greenwich today

• 30th Anniversary of the record-breaking round-the-world voyage

• Sir Francis Chichester pen-picture

• Sir Francis Chichester achievements

• Cutty Sark - Tea Clipper in dry-dock at Greenwich

With thanks to the Chichester archive. All photographic material and originals of text can be obtained from PPL. Please contact them at: [email protected]

 

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