True Spirit

387 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,166 But I am! 388 00:29:19,250 --> 00:29:21,958 I practice all the time, whenever I get the chance. 389 00:29:22,458 --> 00:29:24,625 You don't have to prove anything to me, mate. 390 00:29:25,125 --> 00:29:27,125 Well, that's what girls have to do. 391 00:29:28,791 --> 00:29:30,708 Are you Ben Bryant? 392 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:33,458 -No. -Yes, you are. 393 00:29:33,541 --> 00:29:37,458 You lost the tip of your pinky finger sailing in Antarctica. 394 00:29:40,458 --> 00:29:41,500 I didn't lose it. 395 00:29:43,250 --> 00:29:45,375 -I put it in the drawer. -Cool. 396 00:29:46,583 --> 00:29:51,250 You've done 12 Sydney to Hobarts and circumnavigated solo three times. 397 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,500 Is solo sailing good? 398 00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:55,291 Yeah, it's great. 399 00:29:55,375 --> 00:29:56,833 No one talks to you. 400 00:29:58,583 --> 00:30:01,000 I'm trying to get experience so I can sail the world, 401 00:30:01,083 --> 00:30:02,875 but no one's giving me a chance to. 402 00:30:03,833 --> 00:30:04,750 So? 403 00:30:05,708 --> 00:30:07,125 Make your own chance. 404 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,541 Hi, I'm Jess. 405 00:30:13,625 --> 00:30:15,041 Welcome to my video log! 406 00:30:15,125 --> 00:30:16,875 Traditionally, sailors keep log books, 407 00:30:16,958 --> 00:30:20,375 but you can't deprive me of screen time for half a year. 408 00:30:20,458 --> 00:30:24,041 I'm sure it'll just be my mum watching, though. Hi, Mum! 409 00:30:25,375 --> 00:30:29,375 I thought I'd give you a tour of my home for the next seven months, so… 410 00:30:30,541 --> 00:30:32,750 Here's my kitchen where I'll be cooking. 411 00:30:33,250 --> 00:30:37,750 And here is the nav table where I control all the electrics and communication. 412 00:30:37,833 --> 00:30:40,416 Uh, my berth, where I'll sleep. 413 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:41,375 Oh. 414 00:30:41,458 --> 00:30:43,125 Dunny. 415 00:30:44,250 --> 00:30:46,166 Uh, and this is where all my food is. 416 00:30:46,958 --> 00:30:48,250 For example… 417 00:30:49,125 --> 00:30:52,166 Oh, my God, freeze-dried broccoli. 418 00:30:57,041 --> 00:30:58,166 Nice one, Dad. 419 00:30:59,250 --> 00:31:01,625 So I'll be sailing unassisted and nonstop. 420 00:31:01,708 --> 00:31:03,875 So if I pull into port, I'm disqualified. 421 00:31:03,958 --> 00:31:07,541 And I have to cross all lines of longitude and round all four capes 422 00:31:07,625 --> 00:31:10,125 for it to count as a true circumnavigation. 423 00:31:10,791 --> 00:31:14,041 Here's what I'll be doing. Okay, here's Sydney. 424 00:31:14,125 --> 00:31:16,291 Going northeast, up past the equator, 425 00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,791 then back down south to round Cape Horn at the tip of Chile, 426 00:31:19,875 --> 00:31:25,166 then across the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, 427 00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:30,666 then over the Indian Ocean to Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia, 428 00:31:31,166 --> 00:31:35,125 then down around the South East Cape in Tasmania, 429 00:31:35,208 --> 00:31:36,708 and back up to Sydney Harbor. 430 00:31:37,958 --> 00:31:39,750 So not so much really. 431 00:31:43,041 --> 00:31:44,041 Come on! 432 00:31:44,125 --> 00:31:47,833 All right, so this is the tiller to steer, 433 00:31:47,916 --> 00:31:50,041 but it's on autopilot at the moment. 434 00:31:50,125 --> 00:31:54,458 Uh, the lifeboat is under here, and in here is the drogue. 435 00:31:54,958 --> 00:31:56,958 It's like a soft anchor. 436 00:31:57,041 --> 00:32:00,500 It slows the boat down during storms and keeps it stable. 437 00:32:02,250 --> 00:32:03,458 Here's my shower, 438 00:32:04,083 --> 00:32:07,958 although I have discovered that I left my hairbrush at home. 439 00:32:08,041 --> 00:32:11,125 So I'll just have to use this for 200 days. 440 00:32:12,166 --> 00:32:14,416 At least the backyard makes up for it, though. 441 00:32:33,291 --> 00:32:34,500 Hungry, Kobi? 442 00:32:43,833 --> 00:32:44,708 Oh. 443 00:32:45,458 --> 00:32:46,916 -Jess. -Hey. 444 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,791 Uh, ship detection alarms work. 445 00:32:49,375 --> 00:32:52,000 Uh, one just went past northwest of me. 446 00:32:52,083 --> 00:32:53,041 Good to know. 447 00:32:53,958 --> 00:32:56,375 Well, that'll be the last ship you see for a while now. 448 00:32:57,375 --> 00:32:58,333 How do you know? 449 00:33:01,375 --> 00:33:02,208 Listen, 450 00:33:03,291 --> 00:33:05,208 let that crash be a lesson to you, eh? 451 00:33:06,625 --> 00:33:08,125 <i><font color="#80ffff">You know how to handle it now.</i></font> 452 00:33:12,250 --> 00:33:14,916 -Did you ever get lonely? -Oh, sometimes. 453 00:33:15,875 --> 00:33:18,791 -But I know how to get over it. -How? 454 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,666 -Sing. -Sing?