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On May 15, 2010, after 210 days at sea and more than 22,000 nautical miles, 16-year-ancient Jessica Watson sailed her 33-foot boat triumphantly back to land. She had done it. She was the youngest person to sail solo, unassisted, and nonstop around the world.
Jessica spent years preparing for this moment, years all ears on achieving her dream. Yet only eight months before, she collided with a 63,000-ton freighter. It seemed to 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, Right Spirit is the tale of her epic voyage. It tells how a young girl, once worried of everything, chose to test herself on an extraordinary adventure that included gale-force winds, mountainous waves, unsafe icebergs, and extreme loneliness on a vast sea, with no land in sight and no help close at hand. Right Spirit is an inspiring tale of risk, guts, determination, and achievement that ultimately proves we all have the power to live our dreams—no matter how huge or tiny.
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While controversy stirred half a world away, 16 year-ancient Jessica Watson was circumnavigating the globe — solo and unassisted — in her trusty sailboat, “Ella’s Pink Lady”. In Jessica’s own words (from her blog) she tells this unbelievable tale. I was mesmerized from the start!
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Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I happened to follow this young lady’s blog as she sailed around the world solo, non-stop and unassisted on a 34′ pink sailboat while she was doing it so I was familiar with the tale. Even though I knew the tale, this book filled in a lot that was never mentioned in her blogs. The book takes you from her childhood and this dream of sailing around the world all the way to the completion of her epic journey sailing into Sydney Harbor. This is a book that should be required reading for all school children young and ancient.
I couldn’t place the book down and I’m looking forwards to reading it again, this time on my Kindle.
Buy this book. You won’t be sorry.
Jessica Watson is truly One Right Spirit.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I loved this memoir Jessica Watson wrote about her experience sailing around the world unassisted and alone. It was very heartfelt, real and genuine retelling of her experience and a right inspiration for anyone with a dream they reflect they cannot reach.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Right Spirit is an brilliant book in at least three respects. First, it is an entertaining read, slowly building, and then suddenly carrying the reader along at a page-turning clip as a very young teenage girl sails alone, intent on circumnavigating the world non-stop.
Second, the writing is from the very rare perspective of a teenage girl, in clear and simple prose that regularly surprises with its poetic imagery.
Third, though by no means a philosophical treatise, it brings to mind Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : “The real cycle you’re effective on is a cycle called `yourself.’ ” Watson’s narrative of her pertinacious pursuit is ultimately an inspiration, charming in the telling, and effective in its impact on the reader. For example, when in the Australian Bight, she tells us, “Another forecast came through, predicting yet again a gale with 65 knot winds and 30-foot seas. I wasn’t pleased at all! I spent half an hour moping and let loose a few tears… then I got mad at the way I was letting it all get to me. I chose I wasn’t going to end my trip being miserable and that I had to toughen up some more and deal with it.” Reader beware, that spirit can become communicable.
It is not a spoiler to let the reader know that Jessica Watson sailed into Sydney Harbor to overwhelming adulation. A sixteen year-ancient slip of girl was the talk of the town, the city, and the nation, and her book is a must-read for every young person and every parent of a young person who wishes to say, “Yes, we can!”
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I was able to quickly read Jessica Watson’s plain account of her round the world voyage on Ella’s Pink Lady. Why quickly? It was because I had followed her voyage nearly from the beginning and read the blog updates nearly every day and posted comments reasonably regularly. Therefore, much of it was revisiting familiar territory while living her adventure again. “Right Spirit” is a unpretentious account of a young girl that had a dream and meticulously charted a course to realize and accomplish that dream which she did on May 15, 2010 when she sailed back into Sydney Harbor. Her odyssey was the culmination of years (yes years) of preparation, preparation and training in order to sail smart and with caution. This was in no way a spur of the moment choice. In the book, a reader will quickly realize the enormous support and encouragement she received from her family tree, her friends and professional sailors as she untiringly soaked up information she would need. This approach carried her through some absolutely terrifying moments where she veteran six knockdowns from brutal waves of 10 meters height and more. Alone at sea for 210 days, she veteran highs and lows but with maturity beyond her years, she constantly battled through and rose to meet any challenge the sea could throw at her. She aptly defines inspiration and in doing so has become a role model for young and ancient alike. Buy it. You’ll like it
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5