Neil
Petersen - Award Winning Author and
Adventurer
South
African-born Neal Petersen is an adventurer,
solo around-the-world racing yachtsman,
businessman and international speaker. PBS
regularly airs a popular documentary about his
life -- "No Barriers, the Story of Neal
Petersen", and he wrote the award-winning
auto-biography, Journey of a Hope Merchant.
Petersen has faced many challenges in life --
poverty, discrimination and other insurmountable
barriers - and he always responded by looking
for opportunities and solutions. His experience
shows that imagination coupled with
determination to achieve, can break through the
toughest challenges.
Neal completed the "Around Alone", a 27,000 mi yacht race, 9 months at
sea, alone, and in a boat he built
himself! In sharing his high-impact, unique and
extraordinary adventure, Neal delivers a
powerful message that "In life there are no
barriers - only solutions!"