Chichester off France
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, June 29.
Sir Francis Chichester steered Gipsy Moth V toward France today, almost certainly out of the singlehanded transatlantic race after suffering an illness at sea. He was spotted 200 miles oft the French coast late last night by a Royal Air Force submarine-search jet aircraft. “I have been ill. No rescue. 1 am 0.K.,” the 70-year-old mariner flashed the plane with his aldis lamp. The jet waggled its wings in response and flew home.
He was sick for months before the race began 13 days ago, stricken by a debilitating disease which affects the bone marrow and reduces the proportion of oxygen-giving red corpuscles in the blood. His doctors had warned him against taking part in the gruelling contest from Plymouth, England, to Newport, Rhode Island.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32956, 30 June 1972, Page 10
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134Chichester off France Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32956, 30 June 1972, Page 10
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