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Teenager’s solo round-Britain challenge

Schoolboy Timothy Long is planning a single-handed circumnavigation of Britain in a Hunter Impala 28.

‘At 15, I am aiming to become the youngest person to sail solo round Britain’, explained Timothy, who hopes to set sail this July.

The teenager, from Buckinghamshire, said: ‘The current record is held by Tom Webb, aged 17, from 2011. I came up with this crazy idea a few years ago. I’ve got my GCSEs next year. That’s why I wanted to do it now, so it didn’t get in the way.’

His parents will be driving around the coast as his shore support team: ‘It’s quite an adventure by land as well. I’ll be meeting them at

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