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A piece of sailing history for sale - Gipsy Moth IV

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8:13 PM Thu 9 Sep 2010 GMT
'Gipsy Moth IV' .
A piece of sailing history is for sale - and you get a pretty good yacht as well. Gipsy Moth IV', the 54 ft (16.2 m) ketch built by Camper and Nicholson, and made famous by Francis Chichester when he became the first man to circumnavigate the globe single-handed in 1966/7, is again for sale. She was the first round-the-world yacht designed specifically for that task, and perhaps the last to be a central part in such a popular tale of British patriotism. Chichester was knighted for his accomplishment, and on his return became a national hero on a scale ...


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by Des Ryan




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