‘True Spirit’: 16-year-old Jessica Watson Sails the World, Alone

This film shows what a young person is capable of, given hard work, resilience, and belief in herself.

Jessica’s sailboat “Pink” encounters high waves as she sails around the world, in “True Spirit.” Netflix

PG | 1h 49min | Drama, Biopic | 2023

Writer-director Sarah Spillane’s biopic draws on the real-life triumph of young Australian sailor Jessica Watson. At the age of 16, after a fun, and frequently frightful, eight-month long journey in 2009–10, she became the youngest person to circumnavigate the world, alone in her tiny sailboat, nonstop, and without docking at any port. Naturally, there are no spoilers in this review.