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Boat Racing

May 05, 1967 - SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER ON LAST LAP: LONE BRITISH YACHTSMAN SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER, 66, WAVES FROM THE COCKPIT OF 53-FOOT GIPSY MOTH IV TO THE CREW OF A ROYAL AIR FORCE SHACKLETON, WHO LOCATED THE VESSEL LESS THAN 400 MILES SOUTH WEST OF PLYMOUTH, DEVON, YESTERDAY MAY 25. TRAVELLING AT AN ESTIMATED SEVEN KNOTS ON THE LAST LAP OF HIS EPIC ROUND-THE-WORLD VOYAGE, SIR FRANCIS IS EXPECTED TO REACH PLYMOUTH - HIS GOAL - LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING

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Chichester Cockpit Epic Estimated Expected Gipsy Knots Less Lone Plymouth Reach Round-the-world Shackleton Yachtsman


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