Ella’s Pink Lady was the boat used by Jessica Watson (b 1993), an Australian sailor who completed a southern hemisphere solo circumnavigation at the age of 16. Departing in 2009, she returned to Sydney three days before her 17th birthday.
The boat is a 10.23-meter (33.6 ft) Sparkman & Stephens model S&S 34. It was refitted with a new galley, reconditioned diesel and water tanks, and a complete rebuild of the electrical system. Watson was also deeply involved in the preparation of the boat, which she named Ella’s Pink Lady. Most of the time, the boat is steered by a self-steering wind vane system. Watson called the system Parker after the chauffeur of the pink Rolls-Royce in the Thunderbirds television series.
Watson completed her journey on day 210 of her voyage in 2010 when she arrived in Sydney Harbour. During the trip, Watson had to repair the boat and the equipment. The repairs were reported on the blog: the battery monitor, the stove, toilet and mainsail, the toilet, replacement of wind generator blades, the kettle, the mainsail, replacement of the wind generator with a spare, and the fuel pump of the engine.
Watson received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours List in 2012 for service to sailing and youth through the achievement of sailing solo and unassisted around the world, and as a role model for young Australians.
Ella’s Pink Lady
- Name: Ella’s Pink Lady
- Launched: 1984; original name Shanty
- Type: S&S 34 yacht
- Length: 34 ft (10 m)
- Beam: 10.1 ft (3.1 m)
- Draught: 6 ft (1.8 m)
- Propulsion: Sails
- Crew: 1
- Historical Route: Sydney – Kiritimati – Cape Horn – Cape of Good Hope – Cape Leeuwin – Sydney
- Museum: Queensland Maritime Museum
A Tour of the Queensland Maritime Museum
- Ella’s Pink Lady
- Freedom – Atlantic Rowing Race Boat
- Forceful – Tugboat
- Carpentaria – Light Ship
- HMAS Diamantina
A Tour of Museums in Brisbane
- Queensland Art Gallery
- Queensland Museum & Science Centre
- MacArthur Museum Brisbane
- RD Milns Antiquities Museum
- Queensland Maritime Museum
- Commissariat Store, Brisbane
- Queensland Police Museum
A Tour of Museums in Australia
- Museums in Sydney
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Australian Museum
- Australian National Maritime Museum
- Museum of Sydney
- Powerhouse Museum
- Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
- Nicholson Museum
- Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
- Museum of Fire
- Museums in Melbourne
- National Gallery of Victoria
- Melbourne Museum
- Shrine of Remembrance
- Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
- State Library of Victoria
- National Sports Museum
- Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
- Old Melbourne Gaol
- Chinese Museum, Melbourne
- Jewish Museum of Australia
- Museums in Canberra
- National Museum of Australia
- National Gallery of Australia
- Australian War Memorial
- National Portrait Gallery
- Museums in Brisbane
- Queensland Art Gallery
- Queensland Museum & Science Centre
- MacArthur Museum Brisbane
- RD Milns Antiquities Museum
- Queensland Maritime Museum
- Commissariat Store, Brisbane
- Queensland Police Museum
- Museums in Perth
- Art Gallery of Western Australia
- WA Shipwrecks Museum
- Perth Mint
- WA Maritime Museum
- Fremantle Prison
- Museums in Adelaide
- Art Gallery of South Australia
- South Australian Museum
- Migration Museum, Adelaide
- Museums in Hobart
- Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
- Museums in Darwin
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
- Darwin Military Museum
- Australian Aviation Heritage Centre
Australian Proverbs and Quotes
- Australian Proverbs and Quotes
- Australian Aboriginal Sayings and Quotes
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“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”
– William James
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Photo Credit: GM
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