Jessica Watson
Jessica Watson (born 18 May 1994) is an Australian teenager who became the youngest person to sail around the world alone. She did it without stopping or getting assistance during the journey.[1]
Jessica Watson's first attempt was in September 2009, when she left from Mooloolaba in Queensland in attempt to sail around the world. About 15 hours after she left, her yacht, "Ella's Pink Lady", collided with a bulk carrier near Stradbroke Island.[2] Watson was uninjured in the incident, but her yacht was badly damaged. After the repairs to her yacht were completed, Watson sailed from Queensland's Gold Coast to Sydney[3] and then left from Sydney on 18 October 2009 (five months after her sixteenth birthday) to sail around the world.[4]
The distance of her voyage is about 19,000 nautical miles (35,000 kilometres) and took almost seven months to complete, as she finished her journey on May 15, 2010.
References
change- ↑ "About Jessica Watson". Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
- ↑ "Solo-Sailor Jessica Watson Collision".[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Jessica Progressing Well". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
- ↑ "Sydney Farewells Jessica in Fine Style". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-31.