by JesseMartin (Author)
On 31st October 1999 Jesse Martin, in his yacht Lionheart, completed the last great adventure of the 20th century by becoming the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. He was eighteen years old. After 50,000 kms and 328 days at sea he returned home to Port Phillip Bay and a waiting crows of twenty thousand onlookers. Jesse Martin was destined for adventure. After learning to sail at the age of fourteen he travelled along Australia's tropical coast on a flimsy catamaran, and by sixteen he had kayaked through the remote islands off Papua New Guinea and crewed on a yacht sailing from Belize to Tahiti. But the biggest adventure was still to come. Lionheart is Jesse's story - a story of courage, loneliness and danger - and of a young man's determination to live his dream.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 04 Oct 2001
ISBN 10: 0752848429
ISBN 13: 9780752848426
Book Overview: An incredible, totally gripping, true-life adventure Jesse Martin is the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo, non-stop and unassisted His record-breaking achievement received massive media coverage Lionheart is a fascinating record of Jesse's days alone at sea, the highs and lows, and the inspiration and power of chasing a dream A highly topical subject - and this is the first time Lionheart has been available in the UK A video/DVD of Jesse Martin's remarkable story is to be released internationally on 24 September 'Tightly and simply written and not bogged down with sailing jargon, Lionheart shows us the boy and the man in Jesse, summed up in a single word: inspirational' Herald Sun
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