Jessica Watson (born 18 May 1993) is an Australian boater. She lives in Buderim, Queensland. In May 2010, she on the side became the youngest person to sail continuous and unsupported around the world.
Watson left of Sydney on 18 October 2009, leading eastward across the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. She came back to Sydney on 15 May 2010, three days before her 17th birthday.
Watson voyaged out of Sydney Harbour on 18 October 2009 in her pink-hulled. 18 days later, on 5 November, she cleared Tonga, sailing clean of both New Zealand and Fiji.
As demanded for a full circumnavigation, she covered the equator about 19 November 2009, close Jarvis Island at almost 161°40'W meridian, and circled Kiritimati on 22 November 2009 (Australian date) after 36 days. Then she crossed the equator once again at 156°20'W meridian, and carried on southeast towards Cape Horn. At Christmas she was near the place placed furthest from country.
On 13 January 2010 she cleared Cape Horn, making voyaged around 9,800 nm in 87 days. This was 11 days before of the projected 100 nm per day schedule. Shortly after her parents flew over her in a small aeroplane called for to witness the passage.
The center point on the sail was circulated 25 January 2010, her 100th day at sea, 11,500 nm supported the original calculation of 23,000 nm sailing path.
Watson arrived in the Australian economic district on 10 April 2010, celebrating with crackers and Vegemite. At that place her parents and media flew over her in a small airplane in order to receive her. Her father says he was afraid of losing his daughter Jessica before the teen Aussie sailor made her record-breaking trip around the world.
While south of Australia, Watson faced a lot of bad weather. In that part of the journey, she bore at least three knockdowns, among them with the mast deep into the sea, fortunately with no actual harm or injury.
On 3 May, Watson rounded the South East Cape of Tasmania and began heading north to Sydney, her last destination. Watson finished her journey on day 210 of her voyage, 3 days before her 17th birthday on 18 May.
She describes the emotional tears and petty fears, but also her discomfit at the sometimes-negative public reaction to her journey. Jess displays that on some days at sea she struggled to pull herself out of an gushing decline and longed to sleep for days. She describes nightmares that troubled her during harsh sea circumstances and cuts back of the frightening hit with a ship off North Stradbroke Island.
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