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'Sir Francis Chichester has become a genuine hero - perhaps the greatest of the adventurers of his time' - "Time".

Among the handful of such tales to emerge in the twentieth century, one of the most enduring surely must be Sir Francis Chichester's account of his solitary, nine-month journey around the world in his 53-foot.

From time immemorial, few narrative genres have had the power to so stir the emotions or captivate the imagination as the true account of a lone adventurer's triumph over the titanic forces of nature. Chichester then sat down to write one of the great narratives of modern voyaging.'Sir Francis Chichester has become a genuine hero - perhaps the greatest of the adventurers of his time' - "Time". It was an amazing performance that he was sixty-five years old made it the more so. He completed the voyage with just one stop and 226 days at sea. Francis Chichester’s 1967 singlehanded circumnavigation set a blazing record for speed. It inspired the first solo around-the-world race and remains a timeless testament to the spirit of adventure. First published in 1967, just months after the completion of Chichester’s historic journey, Gipsy Moth Circles the World was an instant international best-seller. The story of how the sixty-five-year-old navigator singlehandedly circumnavigated the globe, the whole way battling hostile seas as well as his boat’s numerous design flaws, is a tale of superhuman tenacity and endurance to be read and reread by sailors and armchair adventurers alike.

Among the handful of such tales to emerge in the twentieth century, one of the most enduring surely must be Sir Francis Chichester’s account of his solitary, nine-month journey around the world in his 53-foot ketch Gipsy Moth IV. From time immemorial, few narrative genres have had the power to so stir the emotions or captivate the imagination as the true account of a lone adventurer’s triumph over the titanic forces of nature.