| There have been many famous yachts in the UK, but | | | | The famous Gipsy Moth IV yacht gained a lot of |
| the most well-known of the lot if the Gipsy Moth IV. | | | | records in its first voyage itself, like being the fastest |
| It was commissioned by Sir Francis Chichester in the | | | | small yacht to make a voyage around the world; the |
| 19th century as a 54 feet ketch boat. The yacht is | | | | longest passage made by a yacht, non stop; it was |
| the 4th boat made by Chichester. The yacht had a | | | | double the distance covered by the last solo |
| unique ability created by Blondie Haster, enabling this | | | | voyager; and also the record for the fastest |
| famous yacht to be steered from the skipper’s | | | | single-handed sailing by any vessel. In august of 1972, |
| cabin directly. This came in very handy especially for | | | | Sir Chichester passed away, leaving this famous |
| sailing solo in the high waters. | | | | yacht abandoned. It never sailed again, and was |
| This famous yacht was originally launched in March of | | | | displayed permanently in England. For some years it |
| 1966, from the Plymouth port. The yacht measured | | | | was open to the public, who were eager to get on |
| 38 feet inside the water-lines, and a complete 53 | | | | board the famous yacht, but after a while, this was |
| feet otherwise. The sail size of the yacht is 854 | | | | also stopped due to the deterioration of the decks. |
| square feet, which can be expanded up to a huge | | | | After 40 years of being on land on display, the most |
| 1500 square feet. The hull of the famous yacht is | | | | famous yacht of all time was finally taken back into |
| made out of a cold-mould of the Honduras | | | | waters recently. This marked the 40th anniversary of |
| mahogany, which is extremely durable, having lasted | | | | the famous voyage of this famous yacht with Sir |
| all these years till today. | | | | Chichester as its skipper. |