Mike Perham nearly home!

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Whatever you think about the wisdom of his journey, Michael Perham is close to completing the youngest solo sail around the world tomorrow and arriving at Gunwharf Quay on Saturday morning. He deserves a hero's welcome!

This is a link to his blog:
http://www.totallymoney.com/sailmike/?cat=5
 
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It is a great achievement, whatever age you do it at, although the way the media are playing it you might assume it was non-stop; and technically as he went through the Panama Canal, where presumably he had to take a pilot and line handlers; was it strictly solo? :)
 
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Guapa said:
Ahem, RTW?
What about Cape Horn?

No small achievement, I'm sure. And he's to be applauded for it, but RTW? I've been to the South Pole - and I've walked around it. Does that mean I've been RTW too?
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Lets just congratulate him for what is a great achievement and resist the British trait of

He did well BUT.....
 
Guapa said:
Ahem, RTW?
What about Cape Horn?

No small achievement, I'm sure. And he's to be applauded for it, but RTW? I've been to the South Pole - and I've walked around it. Does that mean I've been RTW too?
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The trouble with wanting to be the youngest is it imposes inflexible time constraints.
Maybe he won't get the official non stop, solo record, but the boy has done very well.

I think he made the right decision in not going round the capes at the time of year.
 
lumphammer said:
It is a great achievement, whatever age you do it at, although the way the media are playing it you might assume it was non-stop; and technically as he went through the Panama Canal, where presumably he had to take a pilot and line handlers; was it strictly solo? :)
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I understand (although I have never checked and may well be wrong) that the entrance to the Panama on the Pacific side is further east then the exit on the Atlantic side so despite taking a pilot and line handlers he restarted singlehanded further west to complete the RTW.

A great achievement regardless of not sailing via the Capes and having a couple of stops on the way.
 
A quick check on Google Maps confirms your understanding ... although it does exit out further north ... perhaps he should've gone through backwards?
 
mogy said:
Whats leftto do? Middleaged balding man with three children at uni,a mortgage,car on hp returns from rtw!!!!
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That just describes me (less of the balding though if you don't mind) so when can we go and who's our sponsor :D

It's a damn good achievement for him, maybe another will do it in an improved way having learn't from Mike's problems and breakdowns.
 
Just seems like a spoilt brat to me.
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Whilst he probably started out that way I bet he has learnt a lot during his jaunt ... it was interesting to hear about his little steering problem resulting in an accidental gybe whilst he tried to resolve it (I guess from down below!).
I'd suggest that he's probably experienced enough with that vessel to be able to go around non-stop now ;)
 
kristifercolumnbus said:
Just seems like a spoilt brat to me.
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That's just the sort of comment we have come to expect from you kristifer. Sour grapes?

Just typical British mentality I suppose.
The lad probably has a damn site more experience tha most of us, now.
It seems that most people take great delight in slating young people these days, yet when they have the balls to go out and do something, they take equal delight in criticism. Has everyone lost the habit of encouragement?
I talked to Nathan (on Kudu) who is doing his round britain solo, this morning. A very pleasant, down to earth lad who is just getting on with doing what he wanted to do. If there was a little more of that attitude these days, I think we'd be living in a better place.

So, over to you kristifer, let's hear about all your tales of dering do. I can't wait.........
 
Is anyone frustrated by the shallow BBC news reporting of the finish today?

They have completely glossed over the multiple stops enroute and are giving viewers the impression that MP has existed on 20-30 minute cat naps since he left Portsmouth. The sailed route deftly avoids contact with South Africa on the BBC News 24 map of the voyage.

Despite the setbacks MP's voyage is newsworthy and there is an interesting story of a young man who picked himself up after the original mission objective was voided following gear failure.
 
She is a 13 year old dutch girl. I haven't heard an update for a couple of weeks.
In the Netherlands it is a requirement for children to go to school - there is zero truency - with the local education authority deciding on exceptions. I undertand the authority were of the view that self schooling via satellite for a year wasn't acceptable and denyed the request. But her parents tried the idea of moving country, but being Dutch citizens they would still have been prosecuted in their home country.
 
Boat44 said:
Anybody heared what happened with the Danish girl how wanted to sail around the world? It was suppose to be heard in court this week as the "authorities" wanted to prosecute her parents if they let her go.

Personaly I would just move country!
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I have to admit at 13yrs old to being a little on the side of the gov on this, she is very grown up admittedly but if I was her dad she would be going with me or not until 16.

Not a kill joy, just a dad of 3 girls that I have had the enjoyable fortune of being responsable for.
 
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