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Author:  aussie_sundowner [ Tue May 18, 2010 4:53 pm ]
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16 year old Jessica Watson sailed into Sydeny harbour after her solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe to a crowded welcome that included - amongst all things - a 205 Sundowner.
This welcome for us started about 4km off shore, which i thought was brave, given the 8-10m swell out there !! We only had one wave which came over the windscreen of the boat, leaving us all and the cockpit a bit drenched. Watching 50ft Riviera sports cruiser surfing down and literally dissappearing from view on a wave just about made the day !

The big swell was tolerated by the fact we had 100 or so other boats out there, lots of water police and rescue craft and about 6 helicopters, a pits-special stunt plane, an old Super-Constellation airliner, and 3 ocean kayaks !!

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Author:  298VISTA2000 [ Tue May 18, 2010 6:12 pm ]
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Poor kid with all that traffic. I kept up with her around the world trip thru her blog and I was quite impressed with her skills. I thought her parents were crazy for letting her do that, but she made it look easy. Now she will be able to retire at the age of 16 (or is it 17 now) from all the money she will make.
Author:  rhino4552 [ Tue May 18, 2010 6:13 pm ]
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This is unbelievable. Im so jealous you were able to witness her pulling into Sydney. I remember seeing this story when she departed back in October and I have kind of lost touch. Judging by the pictures you posted, she probably thought that was the most difficult part of the journey- navigating through and dodging all of those boats celebrating with her. (Im kidding of course)
Author:  EvilZ [ Tue May 18, 2010 7:58 pm ]
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Very cool - I followed her trip also.

For those that haven't read the book Maiden Voyage, I highly recommend it.
Author:  aussie_sundowner [ Tue May 18, 2010 9:49 pm ]
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The funny part was that for a couple of weeks prior to finishing they were announcing the time she would arrive at th Opera House steps. 11.30 am. She was ahead of schedule, but instead of just floating down south and coming to Sydney that morning as planned, she went a little bit too far to the north east - ie away from Sydney - and had to tack back into a southerly with 8m swells. She got in about 4 hours late, keeping all the politicians waiting
Author:  EvilZ [ Tue May 18, 2010 9:55 pm ]
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Any opportunity to inconvenience media-hungry politicans is a worthy cause....
Author:  ardy [ Thu May 20, 2010 6:53 am ]
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EvilZ wrote:
Any opportunity to inconvenience media-hungry politicans is a worthy cause....


I think she did that by correcting the Prime minister Kevin Rudd about whether she is a hero or not.
Mind you,I think she is pretty amazing, makes me proud to be an Aussie
Author:  su2skelsey [ Mon May 24, 2010 3:01 pm ]
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I think what she did was pretty amazing. I went back and checked her blog out... too cool.
Author:  SW Florida Dave [ Mon May 24, 2010 8:19 pm ]
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Wonderful pictures, her story was amazing to follow. By the look of the swells we owe you a big thank you for risking life and limb to take them for us to see.
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