Where did Sir Francis Chichester sail from on his round the world voyage in Gypsy Moth?
Sir Francis Chichester (September 17, 1901 – August 26, 1972), aviator and sailor, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route, and the fastest circumnavigator, in nine months and one day. He co-founded, entered and won the first single-handed transatlantic yacht race in 1960, in Gipsy Moth III, coming second in the second race 4 years later. On August 27, 1966 he sailed his ketch Gipsy Moth IV from Plymouth, England and returned there 226 days later on 27 January 1967, having circumnavigated the globe with one stop (in Sydney, Australia), becoming the first person to cirumnavigate the world solo from West to East via the great capes. The voyage was also a race against the clock as Sir Francis wanted to better the typical times achieved by the fastest fully crewed clipper ships during the heyday of commercial sail in the 19th century, (the first recorded solo circumnavigation of the globe was achieved by J
