Francis Chichester
Auteur de Gypsy Moth Circles the World
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Séries
Œuvres de Francis Chichester
Map & Guide of London 2 exemplaires
Star Compass 2 exemplaires
The observer's book on astro-navigation 2 exemplaires
Sun compass 1 exemplaire
Pinpoint the bomber 1 exemplaire
The Observer's Book on Astro-Navigation. Part 1 1 exemplaire
The Observer's Book on Astro-Navigation. Part 3 1 exemplaire
The Observer's Book on Astro-Navigation. Part 4 1 exemplaire
Chichesters Map & Guide Of London 1 exemplaire
Atlantic Adventures 1 exemplaire
Siguiendo la ruta de los clipers 1 exemplaire
Francis Chichester's 5 language guide to London 1 exemplaire
The spotter's handbook 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1901-09-17
- Date de décès
- 1972-08-26
- Lieu de sépulture
- St Peter's Church, Shirwell, England, UK
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Royaume-Uni
- Lieu de naissance
- Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Angleterre
Nouvelle-Zélande - Études
- Marlborough College, Wiltshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
- Professions
- yachtsman
airman - Relations
- Chichester, Sheila (wife)
- Organisations
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (WWII)
- Prix et distinctions
- Knight Bachelor (1967)
- Courte biographie
- Sir Francis Chichester was an English yachtsman and airman. He was born in 1901 and died in 1972. In 1931 he made the first east-west solo flight from New Zealand to Australia across the Tasman Sea, he won the first single-handed transatlantic yacht race in 1960, and came second in the second race in 1964, and in 1966 to 1967 he sailed alone round the world in the ketch Gipsy Moth IV.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 26
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 820
- Popularité
- #31,114
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 65
- Langues
- 5
It turns out that this happened soon after he left Sydney when, against advice, Chichester sailed into the path of a storm, on his way to pass to the north New Zealand. It was a remarkable journal, which probably did not capture the public interest until Jon Sanders did three circumnavigations without stopping, and Jessica Watson completed a version of circumnavigation as as a 16 year old.
Chichester's book is a description of the voyage through his own eyes. A fair bit of space is spent on describing the technical aspects - which sail went up, which rope failed etc. which may be interesting for sailors, but probably less so for those not familiar with the jargon.
I was a remarkable voyage, all the more so because he did it without any modern navigation aids, and patchy radio contact.
Fun fact: He was shadowed around the bottom of South America by HMS Protector, which in the previous decade had gone to the aid of ship in distress that had onboard Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs.… (plus d'informations)