Jessica Watson `grumpy` before voyage

Jessica Watson felt "grumpy" at times before her round the world voyage, fearing she
hadn't built up enough experience for such a momentous challenge.
But the 16-year-old's confidence never really wavered, she told Channel Ten on Sunday.
"It was driving me mad because I hadn't actually done any solo sailing," she said.
"I knew I could do it, there was just that niggling doubt and that probably made me
a bit glum and grumpy."
The grumps were farthest from her mind on Saturday as tens of thousands of
wellwishers descended on Sydney Harbour to welcome the Queensland teenager home at
the end of her epic 210-day solo voyage around the world.
Jessica said she found living in constant motion much harder than the physical work
of sailing.
"The constant motion, it does get to you after a while, especially after a rough
week," she said.
"All you want to do is just walk around a room or lie down, do anything without
clinging on, holding on the whole time."
And while other people had told her a boat knockdown would feel like slow motion,
Jessica said it seemed much faster.
"It would just suddenly happen and you're upside down or on the side. Then time sort
of stops and you think, 'Oh my goodness'," she said.
Her biggest worry on resurfacing after the yacht righted itself was finding out what
was left on deck, she added.
The teenager, who celebrates her 17th birthday on May 18, said she was rarely scared
at night.
"There are a few times when it's just dead calm and your imagination can start
running away from you," she said.
Jessica's mother Julie Watson spoke of her fears in allowing her daughter sail
single-handedly around the world.
"I definitely hoped that she would choose something else," Ms Watson said, adding
that she would suggest things such as sailing around an island instead.
"But (Jessica) would just roll her eyes and say, 'Oh, mum'."