Another teenager is preparing to sail around the globe alone. This time, the solo sailor is an American, Abby Sunderland:
“As Australia’s Jessica Watson has passed the 5,000-mile mark during her journey around the world, alone in a 34-foot sailboat, Abby Sunderland is embarking Thursday to Ensenada, Mexico, to pick up the 40-foot sailboat she hopes will carry her safely around the planet.
Both girls are 16.”
link to article by Pete Thomas for the Los Angeles Times