Jesse Martin

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For the American actor, see Jesse L. Martin. For the American politician, see Jesse M. Martin.

Jesse Martin (born August 26, 1981, Victoria) was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne is an Australian sailor who in 1999 became the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop, and unassisted. His journey in the 34-foot (10 m) sloop Lionheart-Mistral took approximately 11 months. He chronicled his adventures in the book Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit, and his story was made into a TV movie, Lionheart: The Jesse Martin Story.

He documented every part of his journey, including his fears and struggles. This can be classified as Modern History because he used sources, evaluation and causation. He describes his journey as nothing more than a dream. "A man who dies at 80 unsatisfied is a tragedy," quotes Jesse Martin. "I'm a normal kid fulfilling my dreams."

At 17, Martin departed Melbourne on December 7, 1998 to begin his journey around the world in his yacht, Lionheart. He arrived back in Melbourne on 31 October, 1999 and (literally) sailed into the record books at age 18. The entire journey covered 328 days and 27,000 nautical miles (50,000 km) in all.

The voyage was sponsored by Mistral, the Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun, the Sandringham Yacht Club, Kodak, REV milk and Autohelm. Mistral was the major sponsor, donating over $AU 300,000, on the conditions that the name was placed on the sail, prominently and repeatedly on the boat, on the bottom of Martin's weekly newspaper column, and on Martin's clothing.

Martin now lives in Melbourne, Australia and has started a media production company, as well as a Papua, New Guinea sailing adventure charter business.

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NAME	Martin, Jesse
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	hahaha
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Yachtsman
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dachau, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH