Sentence examples for youngest sailors from inspiring English sources

Any record she claims, however, will be unofficial -- Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Council no longer recognize records for youngest sailors.

On November 15, Wright reduced the sentences for 40 of the men: 24 were given 12 years, 11 were given 10 years and the five youngest sailors were given eight-year sentences.

The two organisations announced recently that they will no longer recognise "youngest sailor" records to avoid encouraging them.

Another youngster, a 17-year-old British sailor Mike Perham, is trying to knock Zac Sunderland out of his spot as youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe by himself.

BEHIND THE NEWS Abby Sunderland departed from California Jan . 23in her sailboat Wild Eyes, hoping to become the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the world, a title briefly held by her older brother, Zac.

In "Sailing the Unknown: Around the World With Captain Cook," the poet Michael J. Rosen ("Chanukah Lights," "The Hound Dog's Haiku") imagines the journal of the real-life 11-year-old Nicholas Young, the youngest sailor aboard Captain Cook's Endeavour.

Ms. Sunderland was trying to break the record for the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe, a title held briefly by her older brother Zac, who completed his sail last year at 17. "We have just heard from the Australian Search and Rescue.

You may remember the recent account of American teen Abby Sunderland who tried to become the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe but was unable to complete the mission because of difficulty in the Indian Ocean.

The experience led to the unavoidable questions about age and gender, to which MacArthur replied: "I can't describe how it feels to be the youngest sailor and a girl.

He worked his way up through the ranks and at 18 became the youngest sailor ever selected for an Olympic squad when he got the nod to compete in the Laser class in Atlanta in 1996.

The knotted white band on her left wrist was a gift from one of the French fishermen who found her last summer, officially ending her attempt to become the world's youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe nonstop.