excessively about a single test. Tests provide grades, but they also let you know what you

need to spend more time studying, and they help make your knowledge permanent.

There are other techniques that might help you with your studying. Only a few have

been mentioned here. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.

Talk with your classmates about their study techniques. Share with them some of the

techniques you have found to be helpful. Improving your study habits will improve your

grades.

U2 At sixty-five Francis Chichester set out to sail single-handed round the world. This is the

story of that adventure.

Sailing Round the World

Before he sailed round the world single-handed, Francis Chichester had already surprised

his friends several times. He had tried to fly round the world but failed. That was in 1931.

The years passed. He gave up flying and began sailing. He enjoyed it greatly.

Chichester was already 58 years old when he won the first solo transatlantic sailing race.

His old dream of going round the world came back, but this time he would sail. His friends

and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester was

determined to carry out his plan. In August, 1963, at the age of nearly sixty-five, an age

when many men retire, he began the greatest voyage of his life. Soon, he was away in this

new 16-metre boat, Gipsy Moth.

Chichester followed the route of the great nineteenth century clipper ships. But the

clippers had had plenty of crew. Chicheater did it all by himself, even after the main

steering device had been damaged by gales. Chichester covered 14, 100 miles before

stopping in Sydney, Australia. This was more than twice the distance anyone had

previously sailed alone.

He arrived in Australia on 12 December, just 107 days out from England. He received a

warm welcome from the Australians and from his family who had flown there to meet him.

On shore, Chichester could not walk without help. Everybody said the same thing: he had

done enough; he must not go any further. But he did not listen.

After resting in Sydney for a few weeks, Chichester set off once more in spite of his

friends' attempts to dissuade him. The second half of his voyage was by far the more

dangerous part, during which he sailed round the treacherous Cape Horn.

On 29 January he left Australia. The mext night, the blackest he had ever known, the

sea became so rough that the boat almost turned over. Food, clothes, and broken glass

were all mixed together. Fortunately, bed and went to sleep. When he woke up, the sea

had become calm the nearest person he could contact by radio, unless there was a ship

nearby, Wild be on an island 885 miles away.