Weatherday: The long sail

Summer tranquility in Mount Usher Gardens, Co Wicklow (2021).

A bright start, but cloud building by afternoon. 

Temperatures up to 18deg in light easterly breeze.

On this day in 2010, Australian Jessica Watson became the youngest person, at 16, to sail around the world solo and unassisted. She was not awarded a world record, though, as her Sydney to Sydney route at 36,357.7km was less than the 40,000km required.

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