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28 SVN Solovelanet Global without having been put on that path by anyone. He had realized that his passion for sailing could make him become a somebody, an outcome that he had not achieved in other disciplines. Throughout his life he built two boats, and used each of them for a voyage around the world. Then he de- cided not to build his third boat himself. He had her designed by Rodger Martin, a South African desi- gner relocated in Newport (USA), where he had her built. It was a very advanced and light 60 footer that he named Coyote . With Coyote he decided to take part in the 1992 edi- tion of the Vendée Globe. The boat was to be taken to Les Sables-d'Olonne, in France, the starting point of the Vendée.Mike faced that voyage solo. Many days after his departure, Coyote was found capsized adrift in the ocean, but Mike's fate remains unknown. It was never found out why the boat lost her bulb, which caused her to capsize immediately, but that was Plant's last sailing trip. Thomas Simmons, the director of this film - consi- dered excellent by viewers - is not a professional director, but he knows the main character very well, because Mike was his uncle and his hero. If you happen to find the film on some streaming platform, watch it, it's interesting. I n 2018 the film Coyote: the Mike Plant Story by Thomas Simmons was released. Not many know about Plant, but the blond-lo- cked young man has remained in the hearts of many American sailors, and this film aims at ce- lebrating him twenty-five years after his death at sea. Addicted to cocaine, spoiled, and devoid of great ideals, Plant was not a positive hero, but he had big dreams and was able to materialize them in sensa- tional adventures. Mike made two voyages around the world, one of them while taking part in the Vendée Globe. He be- gan to sail in his winds and started from scratch, COYOTE Great stories He is not one of the best known skippers, but he was certainly one of the most fearless. Son of a middle-class family without money problems, Mike grew spoiled, lacking in culture and devoid of any ideal except the desire to excel in something, and to this purpose he chose sailing The story of an American sailing legend by Alessandro Gallo

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