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Before Jessica Watson steered her 34-foot yacht across four oceans, circling the globe without stopping once, her yacht had a collision with a 63,000-ton bulk carrier during the first night of a ...
Buy this photo. The Ross School of Business hosted Jessica Watson, the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop around the world, for a talk attended by approximately 100 University of Michigan community ...
“I’m just an ordinary girl who believed in her dream,” Jessica said in a speech. “You don’t have to be someone special, or anything special, to achieve something amazing. You just have ...
Jessica Watson’s story is finally coming to the big screen – and now, the Australian creative team behind it have revealed how they won Netflix over. Most people won’t soon forget where they ...
In 2010, Jessica Watson became the youngest person to sail around the world solo, non-stop and unassisted. At just 16, the Queensland schoolgirl spent 210 days at sea battling six-metre swells ...
During her epic round-the-world yacht voyage, Jessica Watson came to appreciate "the beauty of every little detail that makes up every wave". She watched them endlessly, sailing 24,000 nautical ...
Jessica Watson is expert at brushing off any kind of gushing in her direction. Tell her it’s incredible she sailed around the world at 16 and she deflects. “But anyone can,” she says.“ ...
Nothing rocks the boat for long in this can-do drama based on the true story of Jessica Watson, an Australian teenager who sailed the globe. By Nicolas Rapold When you purchase a ticket for an ...
True Spirit that premiered on OTT on February 6, captures the story of 16-year-old Jessica Watson’s epic solo sailing trip, from Australia around the world for 210 days. There is a huge market ...