After 210 days and just two days shy of her 17th birthday, Watson sailed her 10-metre yacht Ella's Pink Lady up Sydney Harbour, the same spot she left from almost seven months ago.
Thousands of people lined the foreshore to welcome her home. As she made her way up the harbour, she was flanked by a flotilla and a crowd cheering loudly, waving banners with messages of support. Her name also appeared in sky writing above the harbour.
- Jessica Watson began her journey on October 17, 2009
- Returned to Sydney Harbour on May 15, 2010
- Journey covered almost 23,000 nautical miles
- Circumnavigation took 210 days
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