Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson sailed into Sydney Harbour on Saturday after completing a 23,000-nautical mile voyage.
Thousands lined the harbor to cheer on Watson as she cruised into port in her pink 34-foot yacht. She will set foot on land for the first time in 210 days when she docks at the Opera House.
Watson battled 40-foot waves and multiple knockdowns during her journey, which took her northeast through the South Pacific and across the equator, south to Cape Horn at the tip of South America, across the Atlantic Ocean to South Africa, through the Indian Ocean and around southern Australia.
