Indeed Nina,

She will inspire many a young person to calculatingly put themselves in danger in order to reap the bounty of rewards that come with celebrity.

Her voyage was a wonderful PR victory in the creation of brand Jessica.

The wonderfully media scripted 'I am not a hero' really topped it off for me. Pure genius!

I look forward to forever younger sailors emulating Jessica, and I am personally starting to prepare my 6 year old for a voyage in 2 years time. Stay tuned!

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I am grateful that my 11 year old niece is here in this century to watch young women achieve the way Jessica has (and for that matter her older brother), there were no such inspirational youngsters such as Jessica Watson or even Jesse Martin in my teens. We spend far too much time rolling our eyes at youthful behaviour rather than endorsing the power, energy and determination of those like Jessica.

Inspirational?

Totally.

Our society had become risk adverse. Had our ancestors had the same inclination and not taken risks, we would still be waiting in Africa or snug in the bossom of mother england, not daring to sail too far from the sight of land, just in case that is where the world ended.

sure there are many valid POV. Our society celebrate people who achieve, the media tends to pay more attention to the sporting stars, but that is more about the quick fix for excitement than anything else.

where people like scientists, generally gain there achievements over decades. Not in a few moments on the sporting feild.

What significance does this achievement have for society,the youngest to 'achieve' this, the oldest to 'achieve' that,the first person to climb Mt Everest with red hair--who cares? What a waste of cyber space.

Mac, your comment didn't add much to human achievement either. Being a knocker is easy. Achieving something is much harder!

Cheers.

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For gods sake.

The kid went for a bit of a sail.

For those who don't understand it, the sail was a bit further than most, but no big deal. The main difference is she is young, & the trip was nonstop, solo.

At this moment there would be at least 5,000, & probably 15,000 people, some as young as a few months old, sailing around the world. May be the few month old ones are getting a bit of help.

Leave the kid alone to get on with her life.

If you must be nasty, don't buy anything she endorses.