Indigo Blue

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Some enjoyed the sailing and the real life section set at the school, but some would have like the bullying/friendship story line to have gone further. She was made Young Australian of the Year and subsequently published a best-selling memoir, True Spirit. The romance that develops between Alex and Sam is tender and thoughtful and reaches a happy conclusion.

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The 1999 officially-recognized circumnavigation of one of her idols, German-Australian sailor Jesse Martin, went significantly farther north of the equator. As is noted in her book, her father, Roger Watson, was against her going, and while her mother, Julie, was supportive, she was not living a missed dream vicariously through Jessica. In an intense moment in the Netflix movie, Jessica's boat is submerged upside down and is at least 15 feet underwater. we confirmed that about a month before Jessica Watson left, she was en route from Brisbane to Sydney when her boat, Ella's Pink Lady, collided with the Silver Yang, a 63,000-ton Chinese bulk carrier. After a few months of dedication, hard work, and we're guessing a lot of sweat, Jessica announced on July 16, 2023, that she had completed part three of Credence's restoration process, and fans got to see the boat taken out for a run on the water.

I was protected slightly from some of the intensity of it at the time because I was just so single-mindedly focused on this thing, which you need to be to do something like that.

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None of Alex's classmates could care less about the new girl, so Alex couldn't care less about them.In 2010, then 16-year-old Jessica Watson became the youngest person to sail solo and non-stop around the world. I could give you a million technical arguments, you know, my trip is no different to so many other people who have circumnavigated and you know become very famous for doing it," said Jessica, "but it's like I said, it doesn't worry me.

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On completion of the voyage, Jessica was met by the then Prime Minister who declared her an Australian hero. One of the men the Ben Bryant character represents is Jessica's mentor and project manager, fellow sailor Bruce Arms. Ms Watson said she was thrown back into normal life at speed - meeting the Prime Minister, TV stations and all sorts of people who wanted to shake the hand of the talented sailor. This meant that it was a little difficult for me to become invested in the novel during the early chapters, and in fact, it was only when Alex and Sam become close and she learns about his secret that I started properly enjoying the novel.They responded by stating that she would not be able to since age records were no longer recognized. Oh, it's my first time across the equator," she stated, "so uh, it's traditional to have a dunk in salt water as you go across.