The sixteen year old Australian sailor, Jessica Watson, is making good progress and is approaching the equator:
“Teenager Jessica Watson is on course to tick off her first major milestone in her solo circumnavigation of the world when she crosses the equator next week, exactly a month after leaving Sydney.
Yesterday it was sarong and swimsuit sailing for the teen who has spent the past week at sea making the most of light winds by catching up on chores, baking bread and biscuits and battling an unseen creature from the deep.”
link to the article by Amanda Lulham for The Daily Telegraph
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