Jesse Watson,1000nm to Cape Horn 31/12/2009

Seems like when ♣Tracie Lynne Hall wrote..."I'm clenching my eyes shut and praying fervently until you've rounded that puppy (cape horn)..." she knew what was coming.
The Horn seems to have all the attributes of a scary ride.
Go Jesse and Hoist up the JW Sail!!! Good to see that your 'Flipper mate' is making it look easy by keeping you company.

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(Sorry ♣Sally I couldn't resist to tread on your turf as well, lol)

Check out this picture of Jessica entering the Roaring forties in style.

Plus...Just a few tid-bits from the blog of Jessica Watson.

From... ♣Richard in Maryland, the proverb about little things that matter most:

For Want of a Nail
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.

For want of a shoe the horse was lost.

For want of a horse the rider was lost.

For want of a rider the battle was lost.

For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

♣ Laurei sums it up best though, lol. "You're a mad woman, I'm super impressed, you're talented!"...This was after Jessica encountered a squash zone with no serious storms.

Sail on Silver Girl???

I wish people would stop quoting this lyric.

The last thing on Jessica's mind is second place. Lol.

epl before and now shots.

Here's some pictures of the yacht Jessica Watson is on.

Here's the new model cruising to the start line in Sydney.

This was before Don McIntyre bought her as 'Shanty' in Queensland. Don lent Jessica the yacht and this was refitted and painted in preparation for Jessica's record attempt.

Surfs up in Hawaii

Meanwhile the waves are rising further south with Jessica.
By the way the Biggest wave event (Pro surfing) is on in Hawaii, The Eddie Akau memorial (First time the waves have been big enough for 7 years, lol), There was never anything that Eddie wouldn't have a go at riding. That lead to the famous phrase...Eddie would go.Hang Loosey.
More snaps:
December 9, 2009
http://www.examiner.com/x-28317-Net-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Eddie-Aikau-2009-competition-videos-show-spectacular-waves-see-Eddie-Aikau-2009-videos

tiger tuff! Here's what I reckon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nze8B39OB0k&feature=related

What a champ he was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1I55z-x6zc

Jack Nicklaus' record is now well and truly safe.
Tiger has never had to deal with this type of pressure.
When it's family and a baby is in the picture, things go awry for most celebrities let alone a bloke that needs to be alone to practise, practise, practise.
He'll be lucky to win a major again.

December 2 blog for jessica

Hi Jessica,Yay Grandma!!!
I'm glad you're not in the Gulf, the Iranians have arrested a sailing crew for venturing ONLY 500 metres into their waters. Now that is tough if the wind is up. Politics and sport are like oil and water.
I also notice that the blog tips are getting weirder as you head out of those dulldrums(sic) bound for the cooler climes...♥Samurai sounds like a rager, she even gives tips on throwing up, lol."I got to the point where I'd sussed out what tasted better on the way out and 2 minute noodles were up there along with Sao crackers." ♣Bruce from Brisvegas is still telling us to eat Kiwi Fruit, you have to eat them quick in summer before they bloat, lol. ♣Richard in Marylands' tip on holding down the ctrl key while hitting the plus key to enlarge a piccy was a beauty.This tip would've solved the query by many of what the present from Grandma was, lol. Mountains of swiss(ish) chocolate.
5000nm already! You are flying along, not much sitting around for you.I see that December 17 is the estimate for the roaring fortie. I betcha can't wait, catchya L8er.

Even more hints on Jesse's blog

The blog tips are getting wierder as you fly through those dulldrums(sic)...

♥Samurai sounds like a rager, she even gives tips on throwing up, lol."I got to the point where I'd sussed out what tasted better on the way out and 2 minute noodles were up there along with Sao crackers."

♣Bruce from Brisvegas is still telling us to eat Kiwi Fruit, you have to eat them quick in summer before they bloat, lol.

♣Richard in Marylands' tip on holding down the ctrl key while hitting the plus key to enlarge a piccy was a beauty.

Bloggers advice, very informative and lol.

Hi Jessica, I'm loving theadvice from the ever expanding blog family:

♠Astroswanny tells us to look at the 'Universe today' site..."A 16-year-old high school girl who is attempting to sail solo around the world spotted a bright bolide over the Pacific Ocean during the peak of last week's Leonid meteor shower. The International Meteor organization relies on reports just like this from observers in the field….or in this case “all at sea”... A Bolide is a fireball which is "a meteor brighter than any of the planets, magnitude -4 (camera flash) or greater." That explains that then, lol.

♠Poppa Bear Cairns Qld (pilot) Says there's sea life around you that has to be seen to be believed as you will no doubt witness / first Aircraft to do a photo pass on Lionheart's voyage when he was inbound to Australia off WA.

People like ♠Chris have advice...When you tape a bit of cloth or small piece of light sail to the back of the vane, it will work much better, as it gets a bit more drag.

Heaps of other tips like "type in "great circle" on wikipedia" ♠Salty dog found..."http://216.147.18.102/dist/ " for the gr8 circle route and others...passageweather.com"
Also, some like ♠Chris Akenfelds (Brisbane) need to be careful ...
"Hey Jessica, I have this mental image of all your skeptics and naysayers: I picture them as fat, beer-guzzling losers who struggle with all their might to bend down and pick up the remote control for their television. They probably spend 16 hours per day watching back-to-back television and sink over $100 worth of alcohol every weekend"...
That's pretty much me! Except for the skeptic and naysayer bit, lol.☻☻☻

Catch U L8er

Bee-artch of 2009...HEIDI KLUM !!!

Heidi Klum must be the most envied (hated, lol) woman in the world.



Here she is on Ellen in late September:

9 months pregnant and in stillettos of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcbpRVDopDQ



5 weeks after having a baby she does this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv0PKDNYTyU


At this show where you have to parade around in some slinky lingerie in high heels...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T8lJGk4ibs

Jessica is making her way through the polynesian islands:

Hi Jessica,Your spell checker's are doing a gr8 job but grammar??? "we're" Ummm it should be at least we've, lol.I love how the blogmeister allowed a bit of politics last blog also.Those Polynesian islands are like a minefield on the map, lol. I hope you don't have too much interrupted sleep while you're passing through. Again I stress, stay away from Pitcairn, they seem to be too friendly for my liking. Just going on the last court case in New Zealand in reference to the Kingdom thing on Pitcairn.Keep shooting the breeze and riding that northerly swell. They had to stop a few surfing events in Hawaii the last 2 days because the surf was so big. Eddie would go.