Jessica Watson Timeline

By Rish_Jude

  • Jessica's parents moved to Australia

    Father : Roger Watson
    Mother : Julie Watson

  • Jessica Watson Birthdate

  • Jessica grew a passion and ambition

    While living on the boat, Jessica was read 'Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit' and grew a passion of travelling to then have an ambition to sail around the world.

  • Jessica Watson planned the circumnavigation

    Jessica Watson had been planning the circumnavigation to later on officially announce the trip.

  • Jessica Watson announces the expedition

  • Jessica Watson arrives after failing the trip

    Watson's planned circumnavigation route was to start and end at Sydney, and to pass near New Zealand, Fiji, Kiribati, Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and South East Cape. In accordance with the definitions for circumnavigations set out by the International Sailing Federation's WSSRC, the equator must be crossed;this crossing was carried out near Kiritimati. However, the journey eventually did not meet the WSSRC requirement of an orthodromic distance of 21,600 nmi

  • Jessica Watson writes a book about her expedition

    The book was called 'True Spirit'.

  • Jessica Watson releases documentary of her expedition