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17 year old Teenager aims for Round-the-World Sailing Record

telegraph.co.uk — Mike Perham, a 17-year-old British "yachtboy", sets sail for the record books on Monday on the final leg of an epic round-the-world voyage. Even though current record holder, Zac Sunderland steered his sailboat back into his home port at age 17 years, seven months and 17 days, Mike is more than three months younger than his fellow "yachtboy".

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  • B1665r, on 07/19/2009, -1/+32Makes me feel like I didn't have parents who could give me a sailing yacht when I was 17...
  • palehorse864, on 07/19/2009, -0/+25I've never met a 17 year old who wasn't a teenager.
  • zombo, on 07/19/2009, -1/+17You may berate him for having rich parents but at least he's making the most of the opportunities wealth has given him.
  • jayg92, on 07/19/2009, -3/+16as another 17 year old british lad, this makes me feel like a failure :(
  • PhilMoskowitz, on 07/19/2009, -1/+11Sailing is just one of the best things in the world. Don't pass up a chance if you've never done it.
  • hallo2u, on 07/19/2009, -4/+12im sorry but its hard for to me to admire the accomplishment of someone if hes sponsored by his rich ass parents (you may choose where to put the hyphen)
  • grantmoore3d, on 07/19/2009, -1/+7I'm inspired to bitch at my parents for not being rich.
  • sedawk, on 07/19/2009, -1/+7It's been done before:

    http://www.bluemoment.com/dove.html

    By a 16 year old boy, no GPS, no money, in a tiny 24 sailing boat.

    I would recommend reading the book; an amazing story.
  • codyman, on 07/19/2009, -2/+7*****, I consider visiting Tijuana a "cultural experience"....

    - Signed the Forever Southern California Kid who Accomplishes Jack-*****
  • alisiacam, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4As a fellow sailor, I have to appriciate this kid. Every offshore race I go in makes me realise how much it sucks to be on a moving sail boat 24/7. The fact this kid is circling the globe by himeself is incredible. The isolation would drive me mad.
    I've also got to give him a hand for playing it safe. Every photo I've seen of totallymoney.com has had a reef in the mainsail and a fractional jib up. If it were me I'd have the boat going as fast as I could all of the time. Which probably means I'd never get around the world without capsizing or breaking a mast. So kudos for the self control!
  • Kaiern, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3Strange. Neither have I.
  • LAmandingo, on 07/19/2009, -4/+7Another rich white kid so whats your point?

    Have the kid built the yacht, use no electronic instruments or communications and I'll be impressed.

    With a free yacht, every modern tool money can buy and no other obligations such as job or wife and kids how can he go wrong? I mean seriously, how much was the yacht? Did he really think it was gonna spring a leak? With internet access to check weather conditions he could avoid any bad weather.

    Basically he played video games for a year and being 17 there was probably alot of monkey spanking going on since there was no one around.
  • Chachuka, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2Would have been better/more interesting if it were a hot chick. just sayin'
  • everywhereasign, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2Excellent book, but it took him much longer to make it all the way around. He also stopped various places and got married, had a kid, and such.
  • givemeabeer, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2read the article, he bought the sail boat himself.
  • NorrisOBE, on 07/19/2009, -1/+3Wow, Inspiring.

    I'm planning to travel from Alaska to Argentina by motorcycle, kicking Che Guevara and Alberto Granado's asses when i finish my degree.
  • FlamingGuts, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1i saw this kid on the news. he's a real ***** :(
  • B1665r, on 07/19/2009, -1/+2OH come on! I couldn't do that when I was 17... Maken me feel like a total failure now.
  • barroni, on 07/19/2009, -3/+4My biggest accomplishment at 17 was drinking a bottle of JD's without throwing up

    Go luck to you mike
  • ucuntu, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Lol, you don't get born 'on' England, dummy!
  • Math, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Bah. In my day we didn't have fancy tools to build a boat. Modern kids are so spoilt.

    He should use floaties to just swim it and be happy for it.
    I had swum around the world twice by the age of four.
  • inactive, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1heh heh yachtboy
  • DonAlfred, on 07/19/2009, -1/+2Good for him.

    If he wanna waste his time sailing around in some salty water, then go for it.
  • Frankyfan3, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Repetitive headline is repetitive.
  • MrWolf710, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1In Future News: 17 year old dies after trying to sail around the world. He will be missed.
  • grapesofbaath, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1I hope he was really doing it for the experience and not the record, because these kind of records are stupid and no one cares. Wow, for a few months you're the youngest rich white kid to sail a boat for a really long time. Congratulations.
  • paultrip, on 07/19/2009, -4/+4Ah, how nice the very rich get a sponsor to pay for their little boys play time..... Sorry I think this is stupid!
  • DonAlfred, on 07/19/2009, -0/+0a real cool dude.
  • chiefbandit2200, on 07/19/2009, -2/+2True, but I can still be jealous of him because when I was 17 I was sitting bored in high school, and he has the opportunity to sail around the world.
  • DonAlfred, on 07/19/2009, -0/+0yes you do.

    You don't get born IN and island you get born ON an island.

    England is an island. You get born on England.
  • Infoslo, on 07/19/2009, -0/+0Brave!
  • tomserito, on 07/19/2009, -2/+0FTA: "He's certainly not one to waste his day in front of a computer screen. He loves to be outdoors."

    ...and yet here I am reading about him on digg. I feel like the boy's dad is speaking directly to me. Then again maybe I'm just projecting.
  • amanilaenvelope, on 07/19/2009, -3/+1Yeah, I don't know why I wrote that either....or this.

    Just bury it like usual. stupid insomnia.
  • DonAlfred, on 07/19/2009, -3/+1TAKE A LOOK AT ME!
  • Venkatsubramane, on 07/19/2009, -3/+1Good God. I am so sick of reading about this rich kid. I hope he gets hijacked. Where are those Somali pirates when you need them?
  • allenglines878, on 07/19/2009, -3/+0Doesn't he know what century it is?
  • DonAlfred, on 07/19/2009, -3/+0Oh, and i hope he gets taken hostage by some somali pirates.
  • gusyehia, on 07/19/2009, -3/+0thats great ..
  • RegularUser, on 07/19/2009, -4/+1Oh crikey!
  • Borstal, on 07/19/2009, -9/+5IM ON A BOAT *****!
  • DonAlfred, on 07/19/2009, -7/+1I would feel like a failure too, if i was born on England.
  • amanilaenvelope, on 07/19/2009, -11/+2Front page and no comments?


    ...dayuummmm.

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