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Article: Gipsy Moth IV off to sea again after 25 years.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 27, 2001
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A HISTORIC tourist attraction on London's riverfront is to move out of the capital for good after more than 25 years.
The yacht Gipsy Moth IV, which Sir Francis Chichester sailed to make the first solo circumnavigation of the world, is being removed from her berth on the banks of the Thames at Greenwich.
She has sat in dry dock - just yards from her more famous neighbour The Cutty Sark - since she was brought to Greenwich, and thousands of tourists from across the world have boarded her.
Chichester defied the odds to make the historic ...