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3 unusual facts about Francis Chichester


Bucklers Hard

Bucklers Hard was where Sir Francis Chichester began and finished his single-handed voyage around the world in Gipsy Moth IV.

Clipper route

The first person to attempt a high-speed circumnavigation of the clipper route was Francis Chichester.

Giles Chichester

Since 1969 worked in family business Francis Chichester Ltd (publishers of maps, guides and educational wallcharts), founded by his father Sir Francis Chichester KBE, and still lives in the family home at 9 St James's Place, London SW1.



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