Lionheart by Jesse Martin

Lionheart by Jesse Martin

On October 31 1999, Melbourne school-boy sailor Jesse Martin completed one of the last great adventures of the 20th century. At 18 years of age, and after 11 months at sea, he became the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. This is the story of why Jesse set himself such an astonishing task and how he managed to make his dream come true.

Jesse Martin was destined for adventure. Born in Munich in 1981 whilst his parents were travelling through Europe in a kombi van, he spent his early years in the beautiful Daintree Rainforest of North Queensland. By the time he was 14 he had sailed a thousand kilometres along Australia's tropical coast on a flimsy catamaran and had trekked through south-east Asia and the Aboriginal communities of Central Australia. At 16 he kayaked through remote islands of Papau New Guinea and then crewed on a yacht that sailed from the Central American country of Belize to Tahiti. In 1998 at the age of 17, Jesse set off from Melbourne on a solo sail around the world. The rest is history.

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ISBN 13	9781865083476
ISBN 10	186508347X
Title	Lionheart
Author	Jesse Martin
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Allen & Unwin
Year published	2000-10-01
Number of pages	264
Prizes	Short-listed for Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award 2001 (Australia)
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