Jessica Watson- a girl with a dream



7:45 AM Sat 15 May 2010 GMT
'Pink Lady moves up the harbour - Jessica Watson Homecoming' Crosbie Lorimer Click Here to view large photo
Light winds and a choppy swell slowed the arrival of 16 year old Jessica Watson as she sailed across the finish line between Sydney Heads this afternoon, 210 days after she left in a grey day last October. There was supposed to be an 100 metre exclusion zone around the bright pink S&S 34 Ella Pink Lady as she sailed into Sydney this afternoon, but try as they might NSW Maritime could not keep the excited spectators at bay and it seemed like she was sailing amongst the Sydney to Hobart spectator fleet. Just inside South Head, three Australia Customs ...


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