We didn't exactly get anywhere today with very little wind. This morning was misty and overcast again, but this afternoon has been pretty special with a really thick fog closing in. It feels like there's a great big grey moist blanket draped over the world and just before it got dark the fog got so thick that I could hardly see 50 metres ahead. It's really a pretty amazing sight, but along with the almost complete silence, it's not far off feeling downright eerie.
I've been working hard not to let my imagination run away from itself, but it just feels so surreal sitting almost motionless with a big rolly swell passing undereath and the white swirling fog surrounding us. Now that it is dark Ella's Pink Lady'snavigation lights at the top of the mast are lighting up big rays of red and green fog. It feels like something out of a movie!
I think I've got the complete opposite to the sunshine, heat and the craziness of the last minute Christmas shopping that everyone's experiencing back home. Out here in my own little world things couldn't be any more different!
I have to say I've been feeling a bit homesick on and off today but I refuse to let it stop me from appreciating every moment out here.
I've been carefully planning out my Christmas dinner and the light winds mean that I'm almost constantly on my toes adjusting Parker's course. It's not exactly the most difficult task. I can normally correct Parker without even leaving the cabin by reaching out and adjusting the windvane line on the tiller, but the constant adjustments get a bit tedious when trying to get some down time.
Less than 2300nm to Cape Horn now, so despite all this slow progress we are slowly getting there. If this fog keeps up I'll be having a white Christmas of sorts!
Jesse
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- Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
- Ambition: Become the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 413 of 413Its xmas eve in Bowen Qld, wishing you a safe and most memorable Xmas Day on the ocean Jesse.
Go girl, on to the Cape!
Russell
Merry Christmas, and a happy safe trip!
Lots of love,
The Stone family
(Lake Tabourie, NSW)
Merry Christmas Jesse! I hope you have a fantastic day. Keep up the good work and keep smiling. We will all be thinking of you on this special day.
Nice to see Kevin Fuge onboard the "Sat Bellatrix" is heading your way and will keep his eyes open for you. I hope you manage to exchange a wave, and it will be nice to know you wont be alone near the cape.
M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S C A P T A I N J E S S E !
All our best wishes are taking off from France now and should reach EPL in no time.
The update post by the shore team is great, and we are all waiting for the pics, video and words of your decorated vessel.
May Santa bring you the softest swel and the good winds to round the Cape quick and easy.
BEST WISHES AND GREETINGS to your family, the best parents of all, and to your incredible shore team who provide a strong confidence to all. Wonderful job!
And BEST WISHES AND GREETINGS too, to all the fellow bloggers, adopted and fans, of this shining new community that gathered around Jessica. Your posts, stories, drawing, poems, quotes, and even shortest messages, are marvelous, as they carry so much love. It looks so unexpected, and though it is real, and still spreading. Australia has bee the first contaminated country, and so many countries are now under the spell too. That's just the kind of pandemia our planet needed. Well done, Miss Watson!
Re: The McGraths
Thank you! That is really kind of you, and for me a great Christmas gift! A generous way of being there too in some friendly way. It is good we have time to organize for the flag, either taking the costs on me, or shipping it.
Patriotic, I bet it will be! Even if Jessica is obviously a citizen of the Earth, especially now, no one can or would deny she is the pride of Australia, Queensland, Maroochydore, Buderim and even New Zealand. And once she will have achieved her "lap" around, she will be a glory... but she will still remain a balanced regular teenager. That's Jesse!
Re: Geoffrey Hilliard: Ha Ha, for sure I know Joan of Arc, the sheep, Domremy, Charles VII, Orleans, Reims and Rouen. You never heard about her "voices" story? Well, it is right that no one knows who she actually was. Nobody seriously believes the sheperd's story; generally, historians think she was a king's relative, probably unofficial, and a kind of a tomboy. The king's PR did a good job inventing the sheperd's tale with the Archangel's voice...
Re: Richard Lathrop: Thanks a lot for your kind words. By the way, I am really practicing here, reading all the comments. It is an excellent school, for sentences, expressions, words. I even like the "shorties" I discovered here (Chrissy, pressy, Brissy, deccies, choccies...). Much fun. I also love your comments. There are great comments on Jessica's blog, by the way, I would like to tell our fellows more often, but I feel it would take too much room. I am already talkative enough!!!
" MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU !!! " . .
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Hi Jessica,
It Must Be A Beautiful Sight !!! ... Those Beams of Coloured light mad me think of that Phrase "May The Force Be With You" ..... well, after all Jesse, you ARE In Good hands . . . You Have 'PARKER' Looking After You; and what you said about The Constant adjustments ... Well ... Ensign Charles (Chuck) PARKER on McHales Navy ...(for those who haven't yet realised Jesse)..., was always doing Adjustmants too: Howevwer 'Chukky' as he was affectionately known on the PT73, ALWAYS CAME THROUGH ... Albeit with the occasional, or should I say, frequent mistakes . . . . . And I Know That (Your) 'PARKER' Will Be On Your Side Too, and Pull you Through.
Have A Safe and Happy Trip Jesse, but Most Of All ..... HAVE FUN !!!
NM
xx
Dream on!! Many Blessing for you and your journey ....
Happy Christmas Jessica
Jceff
Victor Harbor
Hey Jessica,
Couldn't help thinking that you're missing friends and family out there - it's hard to be away at Christmas time.
Be assured of our support and prayers for your onward journey.
You're doing a fantastic job, and your commitment to your mission is inspirational!
Dave & Leonie Groenenboom
Wellington Point
Twitter: @DaveGroenenboom
Wow, Jessica!
Hope you though had a nice christmas day. And I wanted to say, that it´s great, what you´re doing. Others at your age are going out with boys and having fun, but you go for a sailing trip! Respect, young Lady!
"Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world." Joel Barker
I hope you enjoyed your "White Christmas". Just think of the memories you will have next Christmas after having complete your round the world voyage. You are proving your critics oh so wrong!!.
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