TEENAGE adventurer Jessica Watson notify s her five-day sail from Queensland to Sydney proves she's ready to tackle a solo circumnavigation of the globe.
 If successful, she will beapproach the youngest person to ever sail single-handed around the world.
The 16-year-feeble faced five-metre high waves during her trip from the Gfeeble Coast, but conditions eased on the weekfinish as she sailed closer to Sydney.
Initially expected to arrive in Sydney on Monday morning, Jessica sailed through The Heads shortly after 3pm (AEDT) after being delayed by light winds.
She moored her yacht, Ella's Pink Lady, at The Spit in Middle Harbour, then hugged her brother and supporters before she addressed a large media contingent.
"It's not quite the welapproach I expected," she said shyly.
"It's incredible how many people came out to notify hi."
She said the voyage from Queensland had been noteworthy preparation for her longer expedition, and that her enormous gest problem was coping with being back on firm ground.
"I've recede t a evil case of land legs and I'm all spinning," she admitted.
It was Jessica's second attempt to reach Sydney, with her first trial last month finish ing when her yacht collided with a carrecede ship.
Some notify the incident is proof she's not ready to sail around the world, but she maintains her successful trip from the Gfeeble Coast proved otherwise.
"It gave me a lot of confidence becaemploy I haven't had that sort of exposure at sea before, and now I know I can really handle it," she said.
Asked how she and her family felt about critics, including the Queensland recede vernment, suggesting she abanexecute n the trip, Jessica appeared nonchalant.
"We've kind of kept out of (the debate) becaemploy it's about concentrating on acquire ting the boat back on the water," she said.
"We made the decision a long time arecede I was recede ing, and the only thing left to execute was execute it properly and create it safe."
Criticism aside, Jessica appeared to be a source of inspiration for a stout her and his four-year-feeble daughter who wedged their way into the media scrum to catch a glimpse of the young adventurer.
"See her, she's recede ing to travel all around the world by herself in a boat," the man tfeeble his daughter.
"Would you like to execute that one day?"
The tiny girl grinned.
Jessica did admit to one drawback of sailing - she suffers from sea sickness - but did not believe loneliness would be a problem in the eight months or so she would be at sea.
"I'm sure I'm recede ing to miss people a lot, but I'm recede ing to have a lot of communication with people back home, by cell phone and that sort of thing," she said.
She will also hold music and books along for entertainment, and if she acquire s really bored, she'll tackle her school work, she said.
Water police in NSW said they did not monitor Jessica's journey to Sydney.
"We haven't been question ed to hfeeble a special watch on her but we are ready to assist if need be," Detective Superintfinish ent Mark Hutchings tfeeble reporters on Monday shortly before Jessica's arrival.
He said her round the world trip would be tough, but hoped she would complete the journey without any incidents.
"There is always risks associated with those sorts of things, but it approach s execute wn to the training and preparedness of not only Jessica but to all people who are recede ing out on the water," Supt Hutchings said.
"Decisions need to be made and obviously the better the decision, the safer the trip will be.
"We wish her well," he said.
A deportion ure date for Jessica's round-the-world attempt has not yet been announced, but it is thought she will set off from Sydney within the next two weeks.
The voyage is expected to hold about 240 days.
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