Jess martin had a dream.he went to be the youngest person to sail alone around the world.when he sailed from Melbourne Australia in December 1998 many people thought they would never see him again. His boat was just 10.23metres long and jesswas only seventeen yearold
Jess spent the next eleven months at sea. Some day he was lonely but most of the time he was too busy to think about being alone.when hewas n't sailing or fixing the boat,he would read book
Jass had many amazing experiences. One day the boat hit a whale in the water Boat jasse and the whale were very surprised but luckily the whale was n't hurt.
One of the most frightening experiences jess had was during a storm off the coast of south America.huge waves pushed the boat onto its side and waterpoured into the cabin.
Terrified jess held onto a rail as the boat was throw around.