“Annoyed”, writing at the Talk Antigua blog, has serious reservations about the attention showered by Antigua upon Michael Perham, the 14-year old British boy who sailed solo across the Atlantic England to Antigua: “I do agree he put the country’s name in the guinness book of world records again. But what about our own local youth that have done commendable things?”
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i was there and i saw michael sail into the harbour at antigua. he deserves all the attention he got. and–what about the local youth that have done commendable things?..did any of them set a world’s record??if so they deserve attention too…