Wednesday, September 9, 2009

AFP: Australian round-the-world sailing teen crashes


AFP: Australian round-the-world sailing teen crashes: "SYDNEY — An Australian teenager's bid to become the youngest solo round-the-world sailor suffered a setback when she crashed just hours into a preliminary voyage on Wednesday.

Jessica Watson, 16, was on a 10-day test journey when she hit a 63,000-tonne freighter in a busy shipping lane off the coast of Queensland state, snapping her pink yacht's mast and damaging its rigging and hull."

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