Jessica Watson - Solo Sailor Rounds The Cape of Good Hope!!

Thanks for the updates John. It seems the media isn't interested in her progress anymore.Well not until she lands back on Aussie soil again.

Today Tonight and ACA are more interested in reporting out on weight loss fads and where to buy cheap groceries.

I still believe now as I did when she left that to let a young person attempt this was irresponsible, this is my opinion.

However young Jessica will deserves every last accolade she gets when she sails into Sydney harbour to finish this amazing voyage.

As for the media well just turn them off when they start to waffle.

you can follow her progress at --jessica watsons blog --been good reading so far and she's on the last leg

Yes, this is one remarkable young woman blessed with intelligence, courage and an abundance of common sense. You'd have more chance of suppressing a lightning bolt, than wrapping this girl in cotton wool. (We seem to have a few of these young women in the spotlight at the moment.)

Now that she has completed the outward leg of her journey, and is headed for home, she will have an ever building excitement and anticipation, of not only achievement and being reunited with her family, but also being able to stick it up all the knockers.

I pray mother nature is kind to her across the vast and unpredictable Southern Ocean, which has brought Tony Bullimore and others unstuck in the past.

Hopefully, by sheer coincidence of course, the Australian Navy from Fleet Base West at Rockingham, has some excercises or sea trials scheduled down there for the next 2 months :-))

Go Jessica.

Good to see that her new web sight is not claiming that she is the "youngest to sail solo around the world" as the original sight did from the very start of the attempt. There is still a long way to go before this is a real claim and for me this silly mistake subtracted a little from the great effort Jessica has made.

these posts reflect a more optimistic attitude than prevailed on these pages when she first sailed. Some said the boat had one chance in three, she had one chance in three and one chance in three of being run down again. In other words none.

For me the big challenge would be aloneness with the tyranny of distance between oneself and a safe haven. A psychological challenge. I think that many enough people have proven that the journey is little challenge to a good boat and a good plan. But a challenge to the sailor none the less.

Good luck to anyone who wants to try as she has done but woe to those who race against poor odds and a high sea and expect someone else like our navy to pick up the pieces as the foolhardy have done in recent years.

owen

Make no mistake, this is a commercial venture. The young girl's website was selling merchandise well before she set sail.

It's been supported by sponsors, and the media rights and book deal were done long before she left.

Nothing wrong with that. People are entitled to make a quid any way they see fit.

But can we please set aside the "woo hoo" factor.