{"id":3653,"date":"2023-01-22T23:10:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2023-01-26T01:32:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T01:32:45","slug":"jessica-watson-solo-round-the-world-sailor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/22\/jessica-watson-solo-round-the-world-sailor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Watson: Solo Round the World Sailor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Listen in our interview with Jessica on Sail Sport Talk \u2013 broadcast on SportsByline,com<\/a> every Tuesday morning. This interview is held just days before the launch of the Netflix movie True Spirit, based on her book of the same name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Watson navigated some of the world\u2019s most remote oceans and survived seven knockdowns and 210 days alone at sea to become the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop around the world in 2010, aged 16. On completion of the voyage, Jessica was met by the then Prime Minister who declared her an Australian hero. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a simple speech that won admiration across Australian and around the world, she responded to the Prime Minister by announcing that she disagreed with him, that she didn\u2019t consider herself a hero\u2014just an \u2018ordinary person, who had a dream, worked hard at it and proved that anything really is possible\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Kate Dyer<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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