Teen solo sailors team up for a holiday in the sun

4:18 AM Wed 25 Aug 2010 GMT

'JESSICA WATSON' Andrea Francolini &copy

They both became famous for sailing around the world alone. However now Jessica Watson and Britain's Mike Perham, whose romance started on a satellite phone and progressed when Mike flew to Australia to greet Jessica on her arrival back after her solo round world journey, have become crewmates for their first holiday together.. Watson and Perham, who has revealed that his next adventure will involve him flying around the world, are racing the small 20-foot open keelboat Lumix at the Audi regatta in the Whitsundays with two friends. But despite successfully navigating their way around the world by themselves, neither ...

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