JULIE WATSON, JESSICA'S MOTHER: Jess is the second of the four children. The kids were all born on the Gold Coast. They had a very outdoor childhood. We did a lot of camping, a lot of four-wheel ...

Jessica Watson, 16, was met by tens of thousands ... seven months at sea and travelled 23,000 nautical miles to achieve a childhood dream. She had to battle enormous waves at times and fight ...

Jessica Watson, now 22, embarked on her journey at 16 years old. Yachting experts spoke out against the trip, as did the Australian Childhood Foundation. Watson's greatest fear didn't come to pass ...

Jessica Watson, 16, is about to embark on an around ... read her Jesse Martin's biography, "Lionheart -- The Jesse Martin Story." Jesse Martin accomplished the feat 10 years ago, and now says ...

True Spirit is based on Jessica Watson’s memoirs ... it’s also interlaced with flashbacks to her childhood, when the germ of an idea was first planted. It’s a solid biopic that hits a ...

Why Trust Us? Jessica was only 16-years-old when she started her voyage around the world on October 18, 2009. She was born in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on May 18, 1993. Her parents are ...

THREE years after sailing the world, Jessica Watson is still inspiring young ... The 20-year-old, who defied the critics to conquer her own childhood fears of the water, delighted Coast business ...

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 ...