Gipsy Moth IV

THE SAILING LEGEND

GIPSY MOTH IV

THE LIFE OF THE FIRST OCEAN RACER

A dozen FACTS about Gipsy Moth IV.

DID YOU KNOW THAT GIPSY MOTH IV …

  1. is the first sailing boat to be raced solo around the world in 1966/67?
  2. was sailed by Sir Francis Chichester who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for this first ever solo-round the world voyage?
  3. despite Gipsy Moth IV’s small size of 53 feet, she beat the times of the great tea clippers like the Cutty Sark?
  4. was designed by Illingworth and Primrose and is the first ever specifically designed round-the-world ocean racer?
  5. is a very light composite yacht made of Honduran mahogany and epoxy weighing 13 tons?
  6. was visited by more than 1 million people by 1977?
  7. has been either visited, inspected or sailed by the British royals on 5 official occasions?
  8. was out of the water on display at the British National Maritime Museum as Greenwich, London for 37 years?
  9. has a song written over her by the band DIRE STRAITS (“Single-handed sailor”)?
  10. has been restored twice to sailing condition in 2005 and 2022 and cumulatively more than 2 million pounds have been spent on her?
  11. was run aground on a reef, during her second circumnavigation in the South Pacific in 2006 and she was repaired by the Emirates America’s Cup Team New Zealand in Auckland?
  12. is the origin of ocean racing – and has inspired more than 45 round-the-world ocean races since her first voyage ?

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