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Fri, 12/25/2009 - 20:11
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Solo sailor Jessica sends Xmas wishes



It's a white Christmas in the middle of nowhere for teenage solo round-the-world
yachtswoman Jessica Watson.
The 16-year-old Queenslander is vying to become the youngest person to sail solo,
non-stop and unassisted around the world.
In a Christmas message on YouTube and in her blog, Jessica said fog in the Southern
Ocean had turned her Christmas white as she makes good time near Point Nemo - that
part of the ocean farthest from any land.
"You really could say that I'll be spending Christmas in the middle of nowhere!" she
said in her Christmas Eve posting.
In a Christmas Day message on You Tube, Jessica said she had decorated her yacht
Ella's Pink Lady and would open a number of presents before feasting on a dinner of
lamb chops, roast tinned vegetables, Christmas pudding and chocolate mousse.
As she smiled into the camera decorations swayed with the movement of her yacht as
it moved towards Cape Horn.
"I'm having a bit of a White Christmas out here, it's really quite foggy, or very
misty, it's quite cool, it's a bit chilly, but we're also moving along nicely," she
said.
Jessica signed off with a "huge Merry Christmas" to her many followers before
tucking into her feast.




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