Jessica Watson

Well done Jessica.

I don't really care what the nay sayers have been saying about her not going above the equator enough so therefore its not a record. This is an outstanding effort from such a young person. Well done. She can hold her head up high.

 

really? people are saying it doesnt count? what are the technicalities? surely if you hop across the equator for even 1 minute it counts?

 

Well according to some (old farts?) in some(?) yachting federation she was 2000nm short of having been officially accepted as "round the world".. but also the criteria were start/end same point, cross the equator.. which is what she did!

She went *round* the world in anyone's real terms FFS.. so stuff the old fogeys sitting in their club chairs while she did it.. well done!

 

Watching streaming video from States . . . what an obstacle course to finish in!
http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/abc-video2.asx

 

There is a criteria which has a technical definition of "around the world" in which there is a minimum distance to travel that she has fallen short of.

In ordinary terms of course she went around the world and its an unbelievable achievement for someone of her age.

However, IMO she doesn't qualify for the record of youngest person to sail around the world. Jesse Martin holds that record after doing it in accordance with the minmum distance rules, and I think he would feel a little bit cheated if his record was beaten in these circumstances.

If you don't quite understand the logic, its almost like cutting the chicane in a formula 1 event to win the race (gee wonder who did that?). Of course you lapped the circuit, but did you do it according to the governing rules? No

 

I wonder if that was a mistake by her, an oversight, or intentional?

 

No it wasn't, they interviewd her team during the week, when some started saying it wasn't a world record. Big turn out in Sydney. Excellent job. Just think back to what you were doing at 16, that's right in your case stealing/borrowing Dad's cars.

 

what??

 

We know what Brett was "doing".
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Shaddup, you! Can she throw the piratous fiend news crew overboard?

 

The extra 2000nm figure must come from taking into account to/from the old boys club chair location then.. the "ordinary" recognition she will receive far outweighs some crusty old clerk holding onto his dusty books.

 

definitely, but i'm still curious to know why she didn't do it in a way that qualified, if that option was available to her.

 

I'm up in 5 hrs - it was worth staying up to see her make landfall.

 

I've got nothing against her or the achievement, nor do i find favour in the "crusty clerks". The recognition she'll receive is far from ordinary, my comments relate to the record. I just like to see things done properly, on the right terms otherwise, as we can see in this case, the achievement can be diminished in some way.

as for 2000 nautical miles, its more than a mere jaunt across the equator, its as much as another 100 days at sea. Thats why in my mind, Jesse Martin is the true record holder- he took 328 days to do it, Jessica took something in the order of 210, because he did it according to the rules.

 

10 days - not 100. And the record isn't the time taken, its the age when finished - which she still comfortably wins

The same "rules" he did it under also state you have to be over 18 to qualify. So it doesn't actually matter what route she took.

All arguing aside it is a legendary performance!!!!

 

Rules schmules, its a bazillion miles and hard yakka to do it any which way if you start/stop same place & cross the equator. It's called "around-the-world" which anyone in the street can recognise, and is meaningful.

Just start another association, write up a different set of rules using the simple points above, then you're a record holder by those rules.. too easy. If Jesse wanted to do it with the other guys rules good on him too.

 

I didn't know about the 18+ rule

But all arguments aside I agree, legendary performance

 

Or... get RB to do a poll/pole

 

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

Hooray.

 

got links ready for tonight?

 

I have VPN now don't need to look for links

 

Apparantely you have to be over 18. Probably to stop people of a young age trying to beat it, perhaps its to do with it being the legal age of an adult.

Spoke very well and I LOL'd when she said she didn't agree with the PM on one of his comments.

 

It's the Australian way to un-hero your self. Tho she wasn't a hero to begin with.

 

Oh dear lol.