17-year-old British youth sails around the world

No, this isn't the article I posted before (here)! Mike Perham is just a few months younger than the one I posted about on here before, Zac Sunderland. Talk about 15 minutes of fame.

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press Writer – Thu Aug 27, 1:22 pm ET

LONDON – Freeze-dried food. Autopilot failures. Brutal storms. Accidental dunkings.

A 17-year-old British sailor endured all those trials and more to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.

Mike Perham grabbed the record Thursday after sailing 28,000 miles (45,000 kilometers) to cross the finish line off the coast of Cornwall, in southern England, after a mere nine months.

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