It’s the eve of Jessica Watson’s return to civilization, after seven months spent sailing around the world, and the 16-year-old Australian brims with excitement.
“It’s like the day before Christmas except I don’t ever remember getting this excited about Christmas,” she posted on her blog.
An estimated 50,000 fans will cheer as the intrepid mariner docks at the Opera House and steps wobbly from a 34-foot pink sailboat on which she will have lived, with stuffed animals as her only companions, for 210 days … Details
