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cbayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 04:36 PM
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Jessica Watson - Youngest to sail solo and unassisted around the world almost home!
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 04:44 PM
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1. I love her shirt !
She is great!
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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 04:52 PM
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2. Any relation to Captain Paul Watson?
Probably not, but the name and the shirt made me wonder
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SutaUvaca Donating Member (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 05:13 PM
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3. An extraordinary woman!
I wonder what other amazing accomplishments will eventually fill her life.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 10:23 PM
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13. If you read her blog, one of the things she's concerned about now...
is passing her driver's test when she gets back. :rofl:
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 05:15 PM
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4. Good for her!
:thumbsup:
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 05:33 PM
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5. What a wonderful accomplishment! I liked the Google map at her website.
It's amazing.

I'll bet she'll be glad to have a nice warm bath and a dinner at a great Australian restaurant when she gets home.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 06:24 PM
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6. K&R
Awesome!!!
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hayu_lol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 06:52 PM
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7. The only thing on the planet where the 'dreams' have not died...
take the time to read her blog of her adventures. Fascinating.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 10:20 PM
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12. I just checked out the blog. It's humiliating.
I only wish I had a tenth of the courage and character that this young woman has demonstrated on this voyage.

I am so glad she's in the homestretch. She is an inspiration for all.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 06:57 PM
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8. Bravo kid
Live your dreams
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 07:42 PM
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9. What an awesome young lady!
:woohoo:
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blue sky at night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 08:35 PM
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10. I have been reading her blog......
since before she left last October 18th, and it has been fun! She is extraordinarily brave for someone as young as she is. Her boat is rigged to be controlled easily from inside the cockpit, but she has been to the top of the mast and did get rolled over after rounding cape horn back in January! Should be quite a welcome home when she arrives.

thanks for the post!
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 08:43 PM
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11. AWESOME! I am so happy for her.
People like her give cowards like me an expanded sense of what is possible in the world. :thumbsup:
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-10 11:27 PM
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14. Very impressive.
Whaling Sucks!!

Awesome T shirt, too.

Sailing is fun, but it's hard work at times, and when it's hard, it's really hard.
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