Ella’s Pink Lady finds a way home

THE hard little yacht which carried alone sailor Jessica Watson around the universe has found a permanent wave home. Do n’t miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. THE bad fiddling yacht which carried solo sailor Jessica Watson around the world has found a permanent wave home. But it ‘s not on the Sunshine Coast.

Ella ‘s Pink Lady will be put on display in Brisbane after the state and union governments yesterday announced they had jointly purchased the yacht for $ 300,000 and would make her a permanent wave exhibition at the Queensland Maritime Museum. The move keeps the celebrated tap vessel merely an hour from her apparitional home on the Sunshine Coast and staves off threats she would end up on display in western Australia or even overseas. There were suggestions the Sunshine Coast community might attempt to buy the small yacht but that never eventuated, leaving the way clear for the maritime museum. The Watson kin, fronted by Jessica, joined Premier Anna Bligh to announce the news. “ We were a team that got around the universe, ” Jessica told reporters and guests. “ It means a huge amount to me that she will be staying here locally and guaranteed to be looked after enormously at the museum. ” Jessica and her family did not return the Daily ‘s calls yesterday but her coach, Andrew Frazer, said while it would have been dainty to see Ella ‘s Pink Lady find a home plate on the Coast, the Maritime Museum was the alone substantial choice. Member for Buderim, Steve Dickson, had been campaigning to have the yacht housed on the Coast and said while he would have “ loved ” to see that happen, it was n’t to be. “ Jess is a national hero and the Pink Lady is a significant firearm of memorabilia, so I am therefore pleased the Queensland people will be able to see it at their leisure, ” he said. Jessica captured the hearts of the nation when she successfully completed her long-held goal of becoming the youngest person to sail solo around the populace at old age 16. Ella ‘s Pink Lady, with Jessica waving from her decks, sailing into Sydney harbor on May 15 last year, after 210 days at ocean, has become an iconic australian image, synonymous with gutsiness, doggedness and heart. The Pink Lady under Jessica ‘s steering made it through 12 metre seas and 75 knot winds, crossing Cape Horn and the southerly Ocean. Jessica was named the 2011 Young Australian of the class and has published a script about her venture. While she told media she would continue to visit her “ friend ” at her newfangled Brisbane home, her following step will be to rush with her ally Mike Perham in the eightieth JP Morgan Asset Management Round in the European Island Race in June.

She will besides prepare to tackle the Sydney to Hobart race later this year, as the skipper of the youngest gang ever to compete in the event. ELLA’S PINK LADY VITAL STATISTICS Length Overall : 10.23m waterline Length : 7.37m air : 3.08m draft : 1.83m THE path : Sydney and North to the Line Island -South to Chile and Cape Horn-Cape to Cape-the South Atlantic Ocean to the african continent-rounding South Africa-Southern Ocean to Sydney. in the first place published as Ella ‘s Pink Lady finds a room home More associate stories

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