Not sure how many who read this are following Jessica Watson but if you are you know she’s almost home.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
I’ve got links to both girls over in my Links section. Pretty interesting reading if you’ve got some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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