Comments on: Mike Perham: Too Young

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:54:53 +0000

Well, I watched the documentary this evening. He's cool. He knows how to hold it together and come out laughing. Great stuff. Hats off to an outstanding young Briton.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:41:35 +0000

Next up for the teen-circumnavigator challenge: Jessica Watson, whose blog title includes the words "youngest ever to sail around the world" (a bit premature).

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:08:49 +0000

He did it! Despite all the ups and downs and technical problems that he has had to face he battled on and achieved his goal.

What a tremendous young man he is.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:15:18 +0000

Mike has recently decided to sail home from the Southern Ocean via the Panama Canal rather than the more usual Cape Horn. A wise decision in my opinion, but it means his circumnavigation will fall short of the real thing as most people think of it. Technically, circumnavigation means crossing every meridian of longitude and the equator, then returning to the starting point, but rounding Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America is regarded as one of the challenges that define sailing round the world.

Sailing round the world by any route is of course an extraordinary achievement for anyone, let alone a teenager, and had it not been for delays due to gear failure – which would have put him at Cape Horn at the wrong time of year – Mike Perham would doubtless be pursuing his originally intended and more dangerous path.

Zac Sunderland also circumnavigated via the Panama Canal route.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:25:48 +0000

Great! He's sailing again.