FRANCIS CHICHESTER’S 50ft KETCH GIPSY MOTH IV cruising on Sydney Harbour during a test of her new self-steering device. She moved smoothly at about eight knots in a 10-knot breeze. The Gipsy Moth IV has had alterations made to her keel to give greater stability in running before the heavy seas which Mr Chichester expects to encounter on his return voyage to England round Cape Horn.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31279, 27 January 1967, Page 11
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66FRANCIS CHICHESTER’S 50ft KETCH GIPSY MOTH IV cruising on Sydney Harbour during a test of her new self-steering device. She moved smoothly at about eight knots in a 10-knot breeze. The Gipsy Moth IV has had alterations made to her keel to give greater stability in running before the heavy seas which Mr Chichester expects to encounter on his return voyage to England round Cape Horn. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31279, 27 January 1967, Page 11
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