AfterbattlinghardtimesanddangerforoverninemonthsBritishteenagerMikePerhammadehistorylastmonthastheyoungestpersontosailsoloaroundtheworld.
The17-year-oldmadetherecordafterheclearedthePanamaCanalandthensailedthroughtheCaribbeanandgothomeacrosstheAtlantic.
MikeisonlythreemonthsyoungerthanZacSunderlandthe17-year-oldAmericanboywhohadtakenthecrownastheyoungestsoloaround-the-worldsailorinJuly.
ThetwoyoungstersmetinCapeTowninSouthAfricaastheycrossedtheglobeindifferentdirections.Mikeinsistedtheywerenotrivals(竞争对手).“No.It'stwoteenagersgoingouttherelivingtheirdreamandhavingtheadventureofalifetime”hesaid.
Mikemaybeyoungbutheisnostrangertosailingadventures.Hepickedupthehobbyattheageof6whenhisfathertookhimoutinasmallboatonalocallake.FatherandsonsailedseparateboatsacrosstheAtlanticwhenMikewas14makinghimtheyoungestpersontocrossthatoceansolo.Thatrecordgavehimthetasteforthisevengreaterchallenge.
OntherecentjourneythescariestmomentforMikecamewhenhissailboatwashitbystormsinthesouthernIndianOcean.
“Wewerepickedupbywhatfeltlikea60-footwaveandthrewdownonoursideat90degrees”hesaid.
“ItfeltlikeIwasgoingrightover.StuffwasflyingaroundandIjustthought‘Ohno’.”
AtothertimeshehadtodiveintothePacificandfixproblems.Hetiedhimselftotheboatjumpedintothewaterandwenttoworkwithaknifein30-seconddivesunderneaththeboattocutaropeaway.
Mikesaidhefeltproudthathemadehisdreamcometrue.“You'vegottohaveconfidenceinyourselfthatyouwillmakeit”hesaid.
小题1:.What'sthemainideaofthepassage?
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