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Events on Saturday 27 August 1966 1
1966Francis Chichester begins solo circumnavigationGipsy Moth IV sets sail from Plymouth around the worldOn 27 August 1966, British yachtsman Francis Chichester set out from Plymouth aboard Gipsy Moth IV to sail solo around the world with only one stop. He completed the voyage in May 1967, becoming the first person to do so along the clipper route.