![]() Sailing GIPSY MOTH IV was more like a battle This has been done many times before him, even in smaller vessels – like Joshua Slocum did on his memorable journey – but no one ever did it like Chichester planned: In just two legs with a short stopover in Australia, all along the old Clipper ship routes. He set sails in his special purpose built GIPSY MOTH IV in 1967 to sail single handed around the world. Francis Chichester was well in his 60s when he circumvented the World Francis Chichester was the man who provided for all this – although he himself was too modest to ever act out on this fact. ![]() Somebody to look up to, somebody who could bring back just a little glimpse of the past times. Still war torn and bereaved it´s imperial glory, Great Britain desperately searched for another hero. The story, however, is more than 50 years old as it takes place in 1967. I bought this book in a used version, as ever, re-printed in 2001. ![]() Sir Francis Chichester: „GIPSY MOTH circles the World“ (You may read this particular interview here)Īnyway, reading Jonathan Raban „GIPSY MOTH Circles the World“ did replace some oft he grief I feel with joy, and that´s something I am thankful for right now. Having interviewed him just a few weeks prior to his fateful last voyage. ![]() My feelings are mixed and I am still shocked and in awe after learning that Guo passed. It is just days after I had to learn that Circumnavigator Guo Chuan, the first and only Chinese Pro-Sailor, was lost in the wide vastness oft he Pacific Ocean that I finish this book. ![]()
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