Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was probably relieved to finally get started on her non-stop solo circum

      A sixteen-year-old Australian solo circumnavigator rounded Cape Horn this morning, surfing down high seas before 35-knot gusts and waving to the folks back home cheering her

 New Year's Eve:
     Avery's final college application turned in. check.
     Writing group reading done. check.

    Before Jessica Watson set off on her round-the-world sail, she and her family faced growing criticism and calls for the state to prevent her departure.

      In the Los Angeles Times, blogger Pete Thomas reported Abby Sunderland's imminent

     When we left Jessica, she had just crossed the equator and officially become a shellback.

     It's dramatic. Courageous. Suspenseful.