True Spirit: The True Story of a 16-Year-Old Australian Who Sailed Solo, Nonstop, and Unassisted Around the World

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On May 15, 2010, after 210 days at sea and more than 22,000 nautical miles, 16-year-old Jessica Watson sailed her 33-foot boat triumphantly back to land. She had done it. She was once the youngest person to sail solo, unassisted, and nonstop world wide.

Jessica spent years preparing for this moment, years focused on achieving her dream. Yet only eight months before, she collided with a 63,000-ton freighter. It looked as if it would many that she’d failed before she’d even begun, but Jessica brushed herself off, held her head high, and kept going.

Told in Jessica’s own words, True Spirit is the story of her epic voyage. It tells how a young girl, once afraid of the whole thing, determined to test herself on an odd adventure that included gale-force winds, mountainous waves, hazardous icebergs, and extreme loneliness on a vast sea, with out a land in sight and no assist close at hand. True Spirit is an inspiring story of risk, guts, determination, and achievement that in the long run proves we all have the power to live our dreams—regardless of how big or small.

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