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22,000 nautical miles, 7-8 months, one young woman alone, facing all that
the sea and the weather can throw at her. This is the challenge that
Jessica will overcome.

Why?, a whim?, perhaps an adolescent dream?…No, the same quiet
determination and commitment that has seen Jessica achieve and maintain a
solid academic level through distance education while building her sailing
knowledge and experience will see her reach this goal. In her quest, to
reach what is considered the absolute pinnacle of sailing Jessica will pit
herself against mother nature and all she can deliver including the
notorius Southern Ocean as well as the physical and pyschological demands
of eight months alone at sea. In doing so, Jessica wants to show that even
the most gentle among us can achieve great things and with determination
and the support of those around us can live our dreams. Jessica hopes that
her journey can inspire others to take that first step and be all they
want to be.

When Australian Jesse Martin set the current record in 1999, he celebrated
his 18th birthday during the journey. Jessica plans to set off shortly
after her 16th birthday in 2009, returning before she turns 17, taking
more than a year off Jesse’s record.




Who cares!!! When grown men fawn over children and look up to them as their
heroes it tells me that these grown men are morally bankrupt. That said
children are female further illustrates how such men have become girly-men.

Wilbur Hubbard