![]() ![]() His yacht for that (and the 1964 race) was the Robert Clark design Gipsy Moth III which was 13 tons (Thames), so Chichester was advocating a considerably smaller boat. ![]() Having just won the first singlehanded transatlantic race in 1960, Francis Chichester wrote “I think my yacht is too big for single handed sailing… A 9-tonner is the ideal size, in my opinion”. Gipsy Moth IV, Francis Chichester’s cantankerous ketch, is one of the most controversial of all yacht designsĬontradictory design parameters mean that Gipsy Moth IV is an interesting case study, but not such a pleasant sail. LOA 53ft 1in (16.2m), LWL 38ft 5in (11.7m), Beam 10ft 6in (3.2m), Draught 7ft 9in (2.4m), Design displacement 10.4 tonnes (36%), Final displacement 4.75 tonnes (41%), Sail area (main, mizzen, staysail and working jib) 920sqft (85.5 Sqm) ![]()
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