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Girl, 16, nears around-the-world sailing record
Jessica Watson is nearing the end of her 23,000-nautical mile voyage.
Australian teenager Jessica Watson is closing in on her goal of being the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world.
Watson, 16, wrote in her blog Monday that she had cleared the southeast cape of Australia’s southern island of Tasmania and was heading north to Sydney and the 1,000-mile conclusion of her 23,000-nautical mile voyage.
“We passed well clear of land, in the dark and with not the nicest conditions. But I still got a big kick out of it,” Watson wrote of her leg around Tasmania. On Saturday, she posted a picture on her blog of a 33-foot high wave near her yacht.
She wrote that she was happy to be heading to warmer waters.
“With a bit of water on your hands, this wind only takes a few minutes to make your hands go numb when working on deck,” she said in her blog.
Watson is sailing a 34-foot Sparkman & Stephens yacht named Ella’s Pink Lady on the voyage.
The teen from Buderim, Australia, who began her trip on October 17, is expected to arrive in Sydney in mid-May.
The current record holder of the mark Watson seeks is Australian Jesse Martin, who did it in 1999 at age 19, according to CNN affiliate ABC news in Australia.
Briton Michael Perham completed an assisted sail around the world last year at age 17.
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did she discover any new continents on they way ?
For anyone who hasn't done any blue water sailing, it is frequently a very unpleasant experience during bad conditions. Anybody sailing solo even across an ocean has done something incredible as the technology used in today's boats help to guide but that's it. Remember that a solo sailor has nobody at all to take over when the sailor is tired, hungry, ill or has to take a whiz or shower. Solo sailing is a major test of endurance and Ms. Watson has almost done it. Good for her.
watch out for those Box Jellyfish. God might not be able to protect her.
to Lu
What a total pile of crap
Maybe your teaching skills are slack
My teen daughter is at a regatta as I type {just beat the Princeton boys team} made deans list and is an American Teen Miiss from Virginia and will compete at Nationals in Phiily this July
Do you want to talk about the job she has and the community service scholarships she has received?
Her peers are all just as accomplished.
Take your myopic prejudices and go to Tasmania .......
I thought not!
I am a proud mom of a great American teen.
Robiny Grahm left at age 16 and completed his journey at age 24 having had many stops along the way including if I'm not mistaken one where he found his wife! A very different journey.
ok i am impressed as i have been sailing long distance in the south pacific or atlantic before but is she really alone, when she writes her comment she says "we.." meaning her & the boat or her and the boyriend; or could be a civilized pelicano who adapted the boat; anyway i am joking this is a good adventure
How the hell does she have her own yacht??
Ever hear of sponsors? Even an adult would need that kind of help for that kind of voyage. She had the ability to get it done before & during...wonderful!
I would have been the youngest person to land on the moon if my parents had bought me a rocketship.
AWESOME FEAT!!!!
Once in a lifetime experience.
I wish her all the best and to the idiotic detractors out there, once she lands.... your envious retarded hearts would stop.
Congratulations Jessica!
you were toppled over again and again by giant southern waves. All by yourself. while most of us was safely on land doing our everyday thing, you were out there on your own.
Hurrah for the unbeatable human spirit and determination you have shown to the young of the world.
Congratulations to this young lady! Amazing courage. Hope to read her book.
Greatest Inspiration to all!!!
You get up again over and over.
You never gave up.
pure grit and determination.
Best of luck
H.V. Calif USA
Muy inspirador!
mejor de suerte Jessica!
Dino – Espana
Solo...... Non-stop.....Unassisted.
Most people could not even do that on dry land!
more power to this girl.