Teen rewrites history with a global cruise
By KRISTEN GELINEAU | China Daily | Updated: 2010-05-15 07:06
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Teenage sailor Jessica Watson, right, hugs her mother Julie as her father, Roger looks on, before her October 2009 departure from Sydney in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail non-stop, solo and unassisted, around the world. Rick Rycroft / Associated Press |
SYDNEY - A 16-year-old Australian girl poised to become the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world on Friday likened the final hours of her mammoth journey to the countdown to a supercharged Christmas.
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