The Lonely Sea and the Sky (57 page)
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Authors: Sir Francis Chichester
WIND
| On the wind  | 636.24 hrs | = 26 days 12 hrs. 24 mins. |
| Wind-free  | 288.16 hrs | = 12 days 00 hrs. 16 mins. |
| Bare poles  | 47.50 hrs | = 1 day 23. hrs. 50 mins. |
| Total  | 972.30 hrs | = 40 days 12 hrs. 30 mins. |
FOG
| 16 times  | 345.02 hrs. | = 14 days 09 hrs. 02 mins. |
This amounts to over 1,430 miles of sailing.
Francis Chichester with his father Parson Charles,mother Emily and sister Barbara as a baby, 1907.
Francis Chichester in New Zealand at Silverstream before the Tasman Sea flight.
Jarvis Bay, New South Wales, 11 June 1931 â the day after the Tasman Sea crossing (note the bandaged finger).
Katsuura Japan, 14 August 1931. Wreckage of the Gipsy Moth plane at harbour edge.
21 July 1960. Sheila gives the victory wave as the
Gipsy Moth III
arrives in New York.
Gipsy Moth III
arrives in New York.
Preparing for the 1960 race, Francis Chichester in the
Gipsy Moth III
cockpit in the Solent.
Gipsy Moth III
cockpit in the Solent.
Four of the contestants in the 1960 Transatlantic Race â Chichester, Hasler, Howells and Lewis.
Beaulieu River, on return from USA, August 1964.
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