Jessica Watson
Submitted: Saturday, May 01, 2010 at 22:35
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Member - Doug T (NT)
For those interested in her progress, All the 22,000 nautical
miles she's travelled , our waters are giving her a hard time down near Tassie.
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
The swell is still pretty big but overall conditions are much more pleasant today. The drogue got winched in at dawn which turned out to be a lot easier than I was expecting and since then Ella's Pink Lady's been flying along
across the waves with only a little sail up. I've been catching up on a bit of sleep today, re-charging my batteries while I can.
So that was the good news. The bad news is that there's MORE rubbish weather headed our way. After looking at the weather charts showing this new low pressure system expected over the weekend, I'll admit I had to dig real deep to stay cool about it all. Right now I've got more than a few bruises and sore muscles. Overall I feel pretty drained and would kill for some easy sailing but seeing as that's not what I'm going to get I'm just going to have to toughen up some more and deal with it!
It helps a lot knowing that Ella's Pink Lady was built to take this and having Bob's great weather updates. As long as I keep myself fed and rested, there's no reason that I can't take anything on. Also, for some reason or another, it really does help knowing that's there's tonnes of people thinking of me out here, so thanks guys!
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Reply By: Member - RockyOne - Sunday, May 02, 2010 at 09:47
Sunday, May 02, 2010 at 09:47
So often teenagers cop the flack as too much exposure is given to the ones like a remark was made about a few days ago "had more piercings than brain cells". Every one of us came up 'through the ranks' ( I suggest that a six year stint in the regular army assisted in sorting me out as
well as sky dive-ing) while in those tender, early teen years, we search for identity. Some teens are fortunate, as per Jessica
Watson, to bite the bullet and 'make it happen' as a solo adventurer. Only after we have conquered fear, endurance and isolation will we ever really find out just who we really are and where we rate ourselves on a scale of 1-10. Our rating is the one which will strengthen our character for the rest of our days, not some outsiders version. Maybe we should adhere to the slogan by some wise person "no one can make me feel inferior without my permission" and we may just see the person in the mirror in a whole new light. Go Jesse.! Have been with you all the way and will be a ship mate until you tie up in
Sydney.
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