Gipsy Moth Circles the World
by Francis Chichester
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appears in Sailing, Travel, and History.
The Sailor's Classics library introduces a new generation of readers to the best books ever written about small boats under sailWhen 65yearold Francis Chichester set sail on his solitary eastward journey around the world in 1966, many believed he wouldn't return alive. But when the old man returned nine months later, he had made history's fastest...
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appears in Sailing, Travel, and History.
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