Given the question: What type of details about david dicks can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: david dicks , oam , citwa , -lrb- born 6 october 1978 -rrb- is an australian sailor . he became the youngest person to sail non-stop and solo around the world . in february 1996 , at the age of 17 , he set out from fremantle , western australia in his family 's 10m s&s 34 sloop named ' seaflight ' . during his 9-month circumnavigation , he faced many challenges such as numerous knockdowns , bad weather , equipment failure , and food poisoning . because of accepting a bolt to fix his rig near the falkland islands , his circumnavigation was not considered unassisted . he returned safely to fremantle in november 1996 amid great fanfare , including a ticker-tape parade and being given the ' keys ' to perth city . in 1999 he was awarded the medal of the order of australia -lrb- oam -rrb- . david held the youngest -lrb- assisted -rrb- solo circumnavigation record for 13 years , from 1996 to 2009 . by some accounts he still holds the unofficial record for the youngest solo '' non-stop '' assisted circumnavigation . jessica watson captured the unofficial youngest age record in may 2010 with an unassisted solo circumnavigation , but her course did not meet the minimum orthodromic distance requirement of 21,600 nautical miles set by the wssrc . jesse martin completed a solo non-stop unassisted circumnavigation in 1999 , he was 24 days older than dicks at the completion of dicks 's voyage .
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