 Another young Briton, Michael Perham, surpassed his record in 2007.Clover also allegedly crossed the English Channel single-handedly at the age of 11, which led his mother to dare him to cross the Atlantic Ocean next.Clover was educated at Ryde School with Upper Chine, a co-educational independent school in the seaside town of Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, followed by the University of Plymouth (subsequently renamed Plymouth University for marketing purposes), in 2005.