Solo 16-year-old sailor hits merchant ship
Jessica Watson, 16-year-old who had set off from Mooloolaba to Sydney on a leg which was to be a precursor to her attempt to solo sail the world non-stop and unassisted, has hit a cargo ship less than 24 hours after leaving port.
Photography: BW Studios
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The Sunshine Coast schoolgirl, who had set out with a year's supply of Tim Tams in a bright pink 10.2m yacht now called Ella's Pink Lady, has returned this morning to Southport. Her boat had suffered quite a bit of damage to the vessel |
and the vessel is dismasted but Jessica is okay.' She says that once her yacht is repaired she is still hoping to complete the 23,000 nautical mile trip in time for her 17th birthday on May 18. Source: Sail-World |
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