Francis Chichester

The Lonely Sea and the Sky (Summersdale Travel) (2002)

Gipsy Moth Circles the World (1967)

Surprisingly, I had never heard of Sir Francis Chichester or of his book Gypsy Moth Circles the World until I found and bought a copy at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney several years ago. I love accounts of true sailing adventures, and when I recently rediscovered this book on m...

The Romantic Challenge (1971)

Very technical tome. I only understood the bare minimal of the details. I did find his style of giving away future events i.e. "I found the aluminum boom to be quite light and manageable. This was to prove to be an erroneous assumption" annoying. The HUGE events that he alludes to end up being d...