\nTot la anticariate sau la buchini\u015fti ve\u0163i putea g\u0103si \u015fi volumul lui sir Francis Chichester \u201dCu Gipsy Moth \u00een jurul lumii\u201e, ap\u0103rut\u0103 \u00een rom\u00e2ne\u015fte \u00een 1970. Sir Francis Chichester (1901 – 1972) a fost aviator \u015fi marinar, \u00eennobilat de regina Elisabeta a II-a pentru c\u0103 a devenit primul navigator solitar \u00een jurul lumii care a mers pe vechiul drum comercial al velierelor (\u00eentre Europa \u015fi Orientul Indep\u0103rtat, pe la Capul Horn, Capul Bunei Speran\u0163e \u015fi la sud de Australia) dar \u015fi cel mai rapid navigator, \u00een doar nou\u0103 luni \u015fi o zi.<\/p>\n
\nChichester a inventat o manier\u0103 nou\u0103 de naviga\u0163ie aviatic\u0103, iar \u00een timpul celui de-al doilea r\u0103zboi mondial a activat drept instructor de zbor. Dup\u0103 r\u0103zboi, 15.000 de h\u0103r\u0163i ob\u0163inute de la ministerul de r\u0103zboi \u00eei ofer\u0103 ocazia s\u0103 \u00eenfiin\u0163eze o companie specializat\u0103, o afacere de succes.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1958 este diagnosticat cu cancer la pl\u0103m\u00e2ni (unii spun c\u0103 a fost un diagnostic gre\u015fit), prilej cu care devine vegetarian \u015fi navigator. In 1960 particip\u0103 la o prim\u0103 competi\u0163ie transatlantic\u0103, cu Gipsy Moth III. \u015ease ani mai t\u00e2rziu, p\u0103r\u0103se\u015fte portul Plymouth cu Gipsy Moth IV \u015fi dup\u0103 226 de zile se \u00eentoarce tot aici. C\u0103l\u0103toria \u00eel transform\u0103 \u00eentr-un erou, a\u015fa c\u0103 regina a folosit la ceremonia de \u00eennobilare sabia utilizat\u0103 de Elisabeta I pentru a-l face pe sir Francis Drake cavaler.<\/p>\n
\nMai t\u00e2rziu, sir Francis apare pe timbre \u015fi \u00eentr-un c\u00e2ntec al forma\u0163iei Dire Straits, iar Gipsy Moth IV, restaurat, poate fi v\u0103zut \u00een portul Plymouth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tot la anticariate sau la buchini\u015fti ve\u0163i putea g\u0103si \u015fi volumul lui sir Francis Chichester \u201dCu Gipsy Moth \u00een jurul lumii\u201e, ap\u0103rut\u0103 \u00een rom\u00e2ne\u015fte \u00een 1970. Sir Francis Chichester (1901 – 1972) a fost aviator \u015fi marinar, \u00eennobilat de regina Elisabeta a II-a pentru c\u0103 a devenit primul navigator solitar \u00een jurul lumii care a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3834],"tags":[41242,5109,13251],"class_list":["post-125153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-navigator","tag-port","tag-rapid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}