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Jessica Watson talks about the Lumix Cameras used on her incredible voyage around the world

Panasonic Australia Managing Director meets Jessica Watson to find out how she used her Panasonic Lumix products on her succesful bid to become the youngest person to sail solo non-stop and unasissted around the world.

Prior to Jessica’s 210 day trip Panasonic MD, Steve Rust, met up with her to supply her with some Panasonic products to take on the journey. We provided her with 2 DMC FT1 Rugged LUMIX Cameras, 1 FZ35 Camera and 1 HDC -- TM200-K Camcorder to document the trip in image and film.

Panasonic Australia Managing Director Steve Rust recently caught up with Jessica again to see how the Lumix products faired on the round the world journey. She describes the FT1 as being perfect for wet days when it was ‘too dodgy to take anything else outside’, whereas the FZ35 was well suited to taking pictures on ‘those amazing still days’.

We wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate Jessica on a tremendous achievement, Well Done Jess, from everyone at Panasonic Australia HQ! Don’t forget to look out for Jessica’s book ‘True Spirit” which is available from 28th July, and if you would like to meet Jessica in person she will be signing copies of the book at the Sydney International Boat Show on the 29th July.

To view the photos Jess took on her Lumix cameras click here

You can read all our blog updates about Jessica’s incredible journey here, and any video reports on our official YouTube channel here

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Jessica Watson Updates!

15th May 2010 -- Jessica returns to Sydney!

Jessica is now home! She arrived safe and well to much fanfare in Sydney on May 15th 2010. We were very pleased to have her visit us at the Panasonic Australia head office to tell us all about her trip. Here are a few images she took on her LUMIX  FT1 and FZ35 from her trip she shared with us. Stay tuned for further updates from Jess, and how she used her Toughbook Laptop and LUMIX Cameras during her voyage.


You can view more Jessica Watson images over at our offficial Flickr page here

19th February: Jessica cheered up by a huge pod of dolphins

16th January: Mum & Dad pay Jessica a visit out at sea

14th January: Jessica ecstatic as she rounds Cape Horn

9th December: Perfect conditions as Jessica reaches 6000 Nautical Miles

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Jessica Watson gets ready to set sail with Panasonic

Jessica Watson testing her Lumix

Jessica Watson testing her Lumix

Jessica’s mission is to be the youngest person to ever sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world.

Jessica will be sailing a 34 foot Sparkman and Stevens yacht 23,000 nautical miles around the world, spending an estimated 230 days alone at sea.

Over the past 2 weeks our Technicians have met with Jessica (and her team) to train her on the various Panasonic products that she will be using to document her voyage and keep in touch with base camp. We were lucky enough to capture some exclusive footage of Jessica whilst she prepares for her voyage and what better place to share this with you than our Blog.

Also keep an eye out for future posts and exclusive updates via our Twitter and Facebook accounts over the next 8 months as we share Jessica’s story with you throughout her voyage.

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