Jesse Martin (sailor)

Jesse Martin (born August 26, 1981 in Dachau ) is an Australian circumnavigator . He started circumnavigating the world at the age of 17, making him the youngest person to have sailed the world one-handed , non-stop and without outside help.

Meanwhile, his (unofficial) record as the youngest single-handed circumnavigator has been broken twice. On May 15, 2010 by Jessica Watson , who is also from Australia. And on January 21, 2012 by the currently youngest single-handed circumnavigator Laura Dekker . However, he is still the youngest person to have circumnavigated the world one-handed, non-stop and without outside help.

Jesse Martin was born in Dachau as the son of a German and an Australian traveling Europe. Jesse grew up in Victoria (Australia) and was influenced by sailing with his father in his youth . A first step towards circumnavigating the world was a kayak adventure to Papua New Guinea that he took with his brother Bob. In December 1998 Jesse set sail with his sailing ship "Lionheart" from Melbourne / Australia to circumnavigate the world. He wrote a book about his circumnavigation with the title "Lionheart".

Web links

• Jesse Martin's website
• One-handed circumnavigator