Not sure how many who read this are following Jessica Watson but if you are you know she’s almost home.
Jessica is a 17 year old girl who decided to try to become the youngest person to sail solo, unassisted, and non-stop around the world. She’s now a week or so from arriving home in Sydney Australia. I’ve been following her since a few days after she started in October and it’s been inspiring to read about her trials and joys. She’s had a few knockdowns and some huge seas in the 7 months she’s been sailing.
Abby Sunderland, a 16 year old from Southern Cal left a few months ago to try to beat Jessica’s pending record but she’s having to put in to port to fix a broken auto-pilot. That means she won’t be able to beat Jessica on the non-stop, unassisted part but she can still become the youngest to ever circumnavigate the globe. Abby’s brother was the youngest when he did it a few years ago.
I’ve got links to both girls over in my Links section. Pretty interesting reading if you’ve got some time.
I read about Abby, but didn’t know there were 2 girls out on the seas at the same time. Hope they are able to avoid the Somalia area.
Comment by Donna — Monday May 3, 2010 @ 5:50 pm
She’s home.
Comment by Donna — Saturday May 15, 2010 @ 8:09 am