The Schoolboy Who Sailed the World (2009)

In 2006, Michael Perham, a 14-year-old schoolboy from Potters Bar, set a world record as the youngest person to sail solo across the Atlantic. Cutting Edge follows his next record attempt as, aged just 16, he takes on the biggest challenge in sailing: a solo non-stop circumnavigation, something fewer people have achieved than have been into space. This documentary follows his dramatic, and at times almost unbearable, struggle with wild seas, failing equipment and loneliness, while his parents, friends and girlfriend Beckie anxiously await his return. hide