An extended clip from the ground-breaking series, The Thread, exploring what connects different Aussie icons who broke away from the pack. Full episode on Jessica Watson OAM here: [ Ссылка ]
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Hugh: So in terms of the challenges out there in front of a sixteen-year-old girl, why did you choose sailing around the world as opposed to other challenges?
Jessica: I think sailing around the world was something I knew I could achieve. Obviously, a big part of the inspiration came from Jesse Martin's book from when I was a young girl and it was the challenge and realizing he was an ordinary guy and he was an ordinary guy and he achieved an incredible thing that inspired me first. But then I started thinking about it more and more and wondering "I wonder if I could spend eight months by myself, I wonder if I could do that? I wonder how I could handle the storms?" Obviously being exposed to the water and with a family that were spending a lot of time on it, that was a big part of the inspiration as well.
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►About Jessica Watson OAM
At just 16, Jessica Watson became the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world. She lived with her family on a boat between the ages of 9 and 14, during which time she was inspired by Jesse Martin, who sailed into the record books a decade earlier. Her voyage inspired a nation, with thousands of adoring fans lining the Sydney Harbour to welcome her home in May 2010. Watson was named Young Australian of the Year and went on to skipper the youngest crew to finish the perilous Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
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►About The Thread
Two mates sit down with 10 iconic Australians to figure out how they broke away from the pack. Hugh and Jack seek out leaders of wide-ranging fields: adventure, sport, business, philanthropy, medicine, law and literature to uncover the common thread that binds them.
The interview subjects are household names famed for remarkable and well-told stories, but rarely have they been asked how they did it, how they define success and whether anyone can do what they've done.
Armed with meticulous research and uncomfortably simple questions, we elicit intriguing, inspiring and often unexpected insights from an eclectic bunch of trailblazers.
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Check out all 10 full episodes here: [ Ссылка ]
