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SYDNEY - After a seven-month journey that spanned the globe, an Australian
teen sailor crossed the finish line of her round-the-world journey Saturday,
becoming the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the
world.
Thousands of spectators erupted into cheers as 16-year-old Jessica Watson
maneuvered her pink 34-foot (10-meter) yacht into Sydney Harbour, the finale
to an epic adventure in which she battled 40-foot (12-meter) waves,
homesickness and critics who said she'd never make it home alive.
Watson's feat, however, will not be considered an official world record,
because the World Speed Sailing Record Council discontinued its "youngest"
category.
And though she sailed nearly 23,000 nautical miles, some sailing enthusiasts
have also argued that Watson didn't travel far enough north of the equator
for her journey to count as a true round-the-world sail as defined by the
record council's rules. Watson's managers have dismissed those claims and
argued she doesn't need to adhere to the council's rules anyway, since they
won't be recognizing her voyage.
Let's see if those bastards have the balls to do what she has
accomplished, I bet not ! Lets all let her know we are proud of her. I
know I couldn't have done that.
Call the news chanel and praise her.
Jerry
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"Leon" wrote:
> Maybe it was another young lady that was doing this in the past
> couple of weeks but I heard the the trip was not "non-stop",
> apparently she had som type of electrinic navigation failure and
> went in to port for repairs.
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That was Abby Sutherland who pulled into Capetown, RSA, for repairs.
See prior post on this list:
RE: Abby Sutherland - Capetown
for details or link below.
http://tinyurl.com/y9kdowu
Lew
On 5/16/2010 3:22 PM, Leon wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/37161350/ns/sports/
>>
>> SYDNEY - After a seven-month journey that spanned the globe, an Australian
>> teen sailor crossed the finish line of her round-the-world journey
>> Saturday, becoming the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and
>> unassisted around the world.
>
>
> Maybe it was another young lady that was doing this in the past couple of
> weeks but I heard the the trip was not "non-stop", apparently she had som
> type of electrinic navigation failure and went in to port for repairs.
You're thinking of Abby Sunderland, who left from California, not
Australia, and is currently in Capetown. She intended to break
Jessica's unofficial record, but she's not going to manage it. She'll
still be the youngest circumnavigator I believe but won't be the
youngest nonstop circumnavigator. I suspect that Jessica is going to
have that one for a good long time.
On Sun, 16 May 2010 14:22:04 -0500, "Leon" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/37161350/ns/sports/
>>
>> SYDNEY - After a seven-month journey that spanned the globe, an Australian
>> teen sailor crossed the finish line of her round-the-world journey
>> Saturday, becoming the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and
>> unassisted around the world.
>
>
>Maybe it was another young lady that was doing this in the past couple of
>weeks but I heard the the trip was not "non-stop", apparently she had som
>type of electrinic navigation failure and went in to port for repairs.
>
That was Abigail Sunderland, who was very ill equipped in many
respects, and belongs to a publicity seeking family.
"Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/37161350/ns/sports/
>
> SYDNEY - After a seven-month journey that spanned the globe, an Australian
> teen sailor crossed the finish line of her round-the-world journey
> Saturday, becoming the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and
> unassisted around the world.
Maybe it was another young lady that was doing this in the past couple of
weeks but I heard the the trip was not "non-stop", apparently she had som
type of electrinic navigation failure and went in to port for repairs.