Jessica Watson was just 16 when she earned her place in the record books as the youngest solo person to sail around the world nonstop and unassisted.
It was 2009 and the teenage trailblazer, from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, set out for 210 days over 34,000 kilometres, battling 10-metre-high waves and cyclonic winds.
Fast forward more than 10 years, and the once-shy girl is all grown-up. Turning 30 in May,