14-year-old sails Atlantic alone

A 14-YEAR-old British schoolboy has become the youngest person to sail solo across the North Atlantic Ocean after a voyage of more than six weeks.

Michael Perham battled shark-infested waters and huge waves since taking three weeks off school and setting out from the tiny British dependent territory of Gibraltar, off southern Spain, on November 18.

"It feels absolutely fantastic being back on dry land, absolutely brilliant,'' he told BBC television from the Caribbean island of Antigua, where his arrival today was greeted by a steel band and a welcoming party of boats.

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