Sailing Around the World

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mark090852
mark090852 Posts: 996
edited June 2010 in The Clubhouse
Not sure if many of you have been following this but I've been fascinated by it. A 16 year old Australian girl is attempting to become the youngest person to sail nonstop, unassisted, around the world. She's completed about 4/5 of her journey. One time her boat, "The Pink Lady", was completely turned upside down and yet, onward she still sails. She's going to do it! Amazing!

Read her blogs for details.

Click here for Jessica Watson adventure
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2010
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    Quite amazing!
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited March 2010
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    Pretty cool. Maybe she can direct plane traffic at JFK for her next feat. :D
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
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    That is awesome! Quite impressive!
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  • mark090852
    mark090852 Posts: 996
    edited March 2010
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    Here's her blog entry where she explains why she is doing it.

    Jessica Watson Explains
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  • mark090852
    mark090852 Posts: 996
    edited April 2010
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    Getting close...just a few more days! WTG Jessica!!!
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited April 2010
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    Dang, that's quite amazing!
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  • DeusExa
    DeusExa Posts: 491
    edited April 2010
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    I'm following her on FB. She's only a little younger than me. =0
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited April 2010
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    DeusExa wrote: »
    I'm following her on FB. She's only a little younger than me. =0

    Then you should go next.
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  • DeusExa
    DeusExa Posts: 491
    edited May 2010
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    Sherardp wrote: »
    Then you should go next.

    Sailing's one of the top things on my to-do list, but, unfortunately, never had an opportunity to pursue it further. Maybe when I grow up..
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  • mark090852
    mark090852 Posts: 996
    edited May 2010
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    Jessica's blog 5/1/10

    She's rounded the southern tip of Tasmania and is on the final northern leg back to Sydney!
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  • mark090852
    mark090852 Posts: 996
    edited May 2010
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    WOW! She did it! Watch the video in this link. An amazing young lady!

    CNN Report on Jessica Watson
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2010
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    That's is one brave, courageous 16 year old, congrats to her!
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,041
    edited May 2010
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    She is amazing.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,267
    edited May 2010
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    Not only is this young lady courageous, don't forget her mom: it would take some courage, too, to see your 16 year-old daughter sail off alone for a trip around the world.


    Got a chuckle from the voice-over person on the video at the beginning: "despite being several hours late" .... I guess next time she can try harder to be more punctual. :)

    Most impressive !
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited May 2010
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    Did she have marine-certified PolkAudio speakers on board? ;) I hope so....
    What an adventure for any age!
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  • mark090852
    mark090852 Posts: 996
    edited May 2010
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    I had to laugh near the end of the video when she had to disagree with the Australian PM who called her a "hero". What a level of maturity displayed by such a young lady!
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited June 2010
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    Well, evidently shes in trouble.

    http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/06/search-underway-for-teen-lost-at-sea-in-solo-effort-to-circle-the-globe/1?csp=hf
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,098
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    exalted512 wrote: »
    Well, evidently shes in trouble.

    http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/06/search-underway-for-teen-lost-at-sea-in-solo-effort-to-circle-the-globe/1?csp=hf
    -Cody

    This is a different girl... Tragic nonetheless. I hope they find her soon.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    This is a different girl... Tragic nonetheless. I hope they find her soon.

    youre right...didnt figure there'd be two 16 year old girls trying to sail around the world to break a record in a 3 month period...haha.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,328
    edited June 2010
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    Damn shame! I feel sorry for her and her family. But, it makes you wonder why the parents of a 16 year old would allow her to engage in such a high risk adventure. It doesn't earn any college credits. She may have been able to write a book and earn money. But, I just can't see me allowing my 16 year old daughter to do this.

    I hope they can find her, but it looks bleak. Pray for her and her family.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited June 2010
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    They found her...with a broken mast...but still afloat...alive and well.
    CANBERRA, Australia – A 16-year-old California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian Ocean as rescue boats head toward her damaged yacht, officials said.

    After a tense 20 hours of silence, a search plane launched from Australia's west coast made radio contact with Abby Sunderland on Friday in the frigid southern seas where her boat was repeatedly knocked down by huge waves and she lost satellite phone contact.

    The boat's mast was broken — ruining satellite phone reception — and was dragging with the sail in the ocean, said search coordinator Mick Kinley, acting chief of the Australia Maritime Safety Authority that chartered a commerical jet for the search.

    But the keel was intact, the yacht was not taking on water and Abby was equipped for the conditions, he said.

    "The aircraft (crew) spoke to her. They told her help was on the way and she sounds like she's in good health," Kinley told reporters in Canberra.

    "She's going to hang in there until a vessel can get to her," probably on Saturday, he said.

    A lifelong sailor, Abby had begun her journey trying to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop around the world and continued her trip after mechanical failures dashed that dream.

    Abby told searchers Friday that she was doing fine with a space heater and at least two weeks' worth of food, said family spokesman William Bennett.

    Support team member Jeff Casher said the boat had gotten knocked on its side several times.

    The French regional administration on the island of Reunion, off Madagascar, said it had sent three boats in her direction and they were expected to reach her Saturday.

    Friday's communication with Abby was the first since satellite phone communications were lost early Thursday.

    She had made several broken calls to her family in Thousand Oaks, California, and reported her yacht was being tossed by 30-foot (9-meter) waves — as tall as a 3-story building. An hour after her last call ended, her emergency beacons began signaling.

    The observers aboard the search plane — a chartered Qantas Airbus A330 jet that left Perth early Friday — spoke with her by close-range VHF marine radio, western Australia state police spokesman Senior Sgt. Graham Clifford said.

    He said the jet faced a 4,700-mile (7,600-kilometer) round trip from Perth to Sunderland's boat, which is near the limit of its range.

    Qantas spokesman Tom Woodward said the airliner flew five hours out to sea to reach the area where the beacons were transmitting, then maneuvered for another hour before spotting the 40-foot (13-meter) yacht.

    Abby's family and support team had said they were confident she was alive because the beacons were deliberately turned on rather than set off automatically.

    "She's got all the skills she needs to take care of what she has to take care of, she has all the equipment as well," said brother Zac, himself a veteran of a solo sail around the world at age 17. He said Abby was prepared and mentally tough.

    But renowned Australian round-the-world sailor Ian Kiernan said Abby should not have been in the southern Indian Ocean during the current southern hemisphere winter.

    "Abby would be going through a very difficult time with mountainous seas and essentially hurricane-force winds," Kiernan told Sky News television.

    Conditions can quickly become perilous for any sailor exposed to the elements in that part of the world.

    Abby — whose father is a shipwright and has a yacht management company — set sail from Los Angeles County's Marina del Rey in her boat, Wild Eyes, on Jan. 23 in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone without stopping. Her brother briefly held the record in 2009.

    Abby soon ran into equipment problems and had to stop for repairs. She gave up the goal of setting the record in April, but continued on.

    On May 15, Australian 16-year-old Jessica Watson claimed the record after completing a 23,000-mile (37,000-kilometer) circumnavigation in 210 days. Jessica and her family sent a private message of hope to Abby's family, spokesman Andrew Fraser said.

    Abby left Cape Town, South Africa, on May 21 and on Monday reached the halfway point of her voyage.

    On Wednesday, she wrote in her log that it had been a rough few days with huge seas that had her boat "rolling around like crazy."

    Information on her website said that as of June 8, she had completed a 2,100-mile (3,400-kilometer) leg from South Africa to north of the Kerguelen Islands, taking a route to avoid an ice hazard area. Ahead of her lay more than 2,100 miles (3,400 kilometers) of ocean on a 10- to 16-day leg to a point south of Cape Leeuwin on the southwest tip of Australia.
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
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    ...a search plane launched from Australia's west coast made radio contact with Abby...

    Thanks, Australia! :cool:
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
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    schwarcw wrote: »
    Damn shame! I feel sorry for her and her family. But, it makes you wonder why the parents of a 16 year old would allow her to engage in such a high risk adventure. It doesn't earn any college credits. She may have been able to write a book and earn money. But, I just can't see me allowing my 16 year old daughter to do this.

    I hope they can find her, but it looks bleak. Pray for her and her family.

    Uhm... because it teaches discipline? And tests your abilities both mentally and physically?

    Kinda like how most 16 year olds nowadays are doing SAT/ACT Prep, Karate, and learning a musical instrument at the same time? It teaches discipline and is a challenge. I'd rather her do this than sit at home playing video games, IMO.
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