The Jessica - Abby factor: Children complete 4 day ocean sailing voyag

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9:44 PM Mon 14 Jun 2010 GMT

'Jessica Ansah and Lala Semakula' .

Britain's Tall Ships Youth Trust, in a move that appears to be capitalising on the high publicity given to sailors like Jessica Watson and Abby Sunderland, is 'opening up opportunities for people as young as 14 years old to sail on an ocean-going yacht and gain a qualification.' These were the words of spokesman Tim Law. The previous lowest age was 16. He was speaking after 24 school children, including Jessica Ansah, 15, and Lala Semakula, 14(pictured) had set off from Portsmouth and completed a four day ocean voyage The girls, from St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls, returned ...

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