Jessica Watson is a world famous brave woman, seafarer, traveler and writer. For her 24 years, she has already managed to become famous and write a popular work. Fans of wanderings and attractive stories should get acquainted with her biography.
Childhood dreams
Jessica Watson was born in the small Australian town of Gold Coast in 1993. All my life I lived in Buderim, in the state of Queensland. From a young age, she dreamed of making a trip around the world. In her desire to see the world, she did not feel the support of loved ones, but this did not stop the purposeful girl. At that time, she still did not know that her name would forever go down in history and the book of records, as the name of the youngest traveler who managed to see the vast world.
At 24, she holds the title of "Young Australian of the Year" and the Order of Australia. Although her record was broken in 2012 by Laura Dekker, she has already become a pretty popular person.
Preparation and route
Jessica Watson began planning her trip at age 12. Two years later, she began to earn money and invest all of them in training in the art of navigation. At the same time, the girl was planning her route, and when she was ready, she outlined approximately central points.
The starting point and final was Sydney, from there New Zealand, Fiji, Kiribati and a few more points. The equator was supposed to be crossed in the area of Christmas Island, which was by all the rules of navigation. In order to break Jesse Martin's past record, the route had to be non-stop and was not designed to replenish supplies.
In the Association of Mariners, a plan was drawn up and estimated time was calculated. According to estimates, it should have taken 8 months to complete the journey, and during this time, Jessica Watson will cover 23 thousand miles. These impressive figures did not stop the motivated girl on her way to the dream.
Test swimming and accident
Going on such a dangerous swim right away without first checking your skills and abilities would be too stupid. That is why in September 2009, the heroine decides to go from Brisbane to Sydney, which was planned as a starting point.
It would seem that there should not have been any obstacles for the trained girl, but it happened differently. Already on the first night after departure, her boat got into a small accident. Jessica collided on her ship with a huge ship called the Silver Young. On board, at that time, there were 63 thousand tons of cargo, but everything turned out to be only a small breakdown.
The yacht lost the match, but the navigator was able to get to Sydney by motor traction. She retained control of the ship, and this gave her confidence in her abilities, although she still did not get into the cultural capital of Australia. She managed to get back to Southport by motor traction and continued to plan her trip there.
Content of the Power of Dream
The book "The Power of Dreams" by Jessica Watson was the result of her pursuit of her goal. On the pages of the manuscript were placed all the diaries that the seafarer wrote, and the history of her life from the moment the idea was born. At the age of 12, she fired up on the crazy idea at that time of traveling around the world. Two years later, she settles in a local restaurant and washes dishes there, in order to earn her own money for training in maritime affairs.
Parents did not support her desire, but at 16 she nevertheless went on a world trip. At the time of 2010, Jessica was the youngest of the sailors who managed to pass a similar route on the water.
In her diaries, she described what difficulties she encountered in realizing her dreams, because the lack of money was only the beginning. All relatives and friends of her refused to understand the desire. The search for sponsors has also become a strong obstacle. In her work “The Book of Dreams, ” Jessica Watson described this in detail, and also spoke about her emotions and feelings.
