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Registration number
2646
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Unknown
Vessel type
Ketch
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Unknown
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Camper & Nicholsons Ltd, Southampton
Built in
1965
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Bermudan Ketch
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Sail
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
53.00 feet
(16.15m)
Breadth: Beam
10.50 feet
(3.20m)
Depth
9.25 feet
(2.82m)
Air Draft
70.00 feet
(21.34m)
Tonnage: Gross
14.00
History
GIPSY MOTH IV is a yacht built in 1965 by Camper & Nicholsons in Cowes. She created history in 1966/1967 by becoming the fastest small vessel to sail around the world gaining fame for Sir Francis Chichester. She performed a second circumnavigation in 2005 crewed by disadvantaged youngsters.
GIPSY MOTH IV is now owned by a Trust which aims to preserve and maintain her in sailing condition, to enable access to visit and sail her and to promote charitable use and inspire future generations to fulfil potential.
Update, June 2023: After dissolving of the Gipsy Moth Trust in 2021, understood to be under new ownership in St Peter Port, Guernsey. If you are the current owner, please get in touch.
We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us
Key dates
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1965
Built by Camper & Nicholsons, Southampton
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1966/1967
Solo circumnavigation by Sir Francis Chichester
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1967/2001
On display in Greenwich next to the Cutty Sark
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2001
Sold to UK Sailing Academy
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2005
Second circumnavigation with disadvantaged youngsters on board
-
2011
Transferrred to the Gipsy Moth Trust
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