Youngest Person to Sail Around Globe

World Records

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 2:08PM EDT / Published Aug. 27, 2009 8:27AM EDT

Meet the youngest person ever to sail around the world: Michael Perham, a 17-year-old from southern England, finished his 9-month, 24,000 mile trip on Thursday. Though he suffered significant damage to his boat and "knockdowns" at sea, when he arrived home Perham said that he was most excited for a "good meal and a very good night's sleep." He'll go down in the Guinness Book of World Records, but because he had to stop at several ports for repairs, his trip will be officially labeled as "assisted."

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Youngest Person to Sail Around Globe