We want more from life than just working to pay bills and get by. Sailing The Dream takes the reader on this amazing adventure. Visit his website at www.challengemike.com. Be your own captain sailing in all of the places you have always dreamed of on board our top of the line monohulls and … Tom Johnson, D.D.S. The dream started as just that, an idea that with the right boat in the right conditions, that could be us. These Kindle Books can only be redeemed by recipients in your country. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. The incredible true story of the youngest Briton to sail around the world single-handed. Really inspiring, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 December 2014. Previous page of related Sponsored Products. Well written and suitable for any age. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. An interesting book for sailors, Mike and his family overcame many obstacles to achieve his dream of sailing around the world at the age of only 17. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. The dream, on occasions, became a nightmare. A non-technical narrative of a 28000 mile voyage around the world.in his sailing boat 'Greylag'. Sailing The Dream. This book succeeds on several levels. In Sailing the Dream, Mike tells the story of the incredible 30,000-mile voyage that made him the youngest circumnavigator in history. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads, including interest-based ads. ... 2 of these books now for avid sailors who loved it. His yacht TotallyMoney.com was knocked over, battered by the oceans and repeatedly damaged, but Mike battled on, at times surfing down 50-foot waves in 50-knot winds at speeds of up to 28 knots. We want to experience life not just survive. Read 5 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Having commuted for 2 to 3 hours a day for thirty years, the appeal of sailing off to distant horizons appealed to Simon. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2011. Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads. Having met Mike on a sailing holiday I just had to read his book which I thoroughly enjoyed. SUBSCRIBE http://bit.ly/SBYouTube⛵ Join us as we sail the coast of Italy and reflect on how we got there. Many of us will have followed the 30,000 mile voyage of 17 year old Mike Perham on TV, radio and in the Press, but now we have Mike's own account of how he became the youngest person to sail single-handed around the world. Bareboat Charters. An Inspirational Adventure by a Teenager "Living his Dream", Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 December 2012. Only one made it back ... Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and One Man's Ultimate Test, Race France to France: Leave Antarctica to Starboard: An American in the Vendée Globe, Racing Solo, Non-Stop, Around the World, Knox-Johnston on Seamanship & Seafaring: Lessons & Experiences from the 50 Years Since the Start of His Record Breaking Voyage. Try again. Mike Perham ignored them and in August 2009, at the age of just 17 years, 5 months and 11 days, became the youngest person to have sailed solo around the world.Sailing the Dream tells the story of that amazing voyage, a 9-month odyssey full of technical and navigational challenges that would stump sailors twice Mike's age. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2016, fantastic read , it was like i was in the roaring forties with him, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2015. 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