He completed the voyage with just one stop and 226 days at sea. It inspired the first solo around-the-world race and remains a timeless testament to the spirit of adventure.įrancis Chichester's 1967 singlehanded circumnavigation set a blazing record for speed. 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.įirst published in 1967, just months after the completion of Chichester's historic journey, Gipsy Moth Circles the World was an instant international best-seller.
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. Signed by Author(s).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. Chosen by National Geographic for their list of 100 Great Adventure books. But when the old man returned nine months later, he had made history by becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route and in doing so in nine months and one day set a record for the fastest circumnavigation to that time.
Dealer's Note: When 65-year-old Francis Chichester set sail on his solitary eastward journey around the world in 1966, many believed he wouldn't return alive. Fine copy in plain heavy paper dj, in matching green solander box, as issued. Bound in full green leather, with raised bands author and title in gilt on spine and facsimile signature of author in gilt angled across bottom fore-edge of front cover. One of a special presentation edition numbered and signed by the author and limited to 500 copies of which this is number 109.
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