s ▁exact ▁distance ▁upon ▁her ▁return ." ▁ ▁British ▁sail ing ▁journalist ▁and ▁author ▁Bob ▁Fish er ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁on ▁S ail - World . com ▁ref uting ▁the ▁round ▁the ▁world ▁claim . ▁He ▁said ▁" True , ▁Jess ica ▁has ▁sa iled ▁alone ▁and ▁un ass isted , ▁passed ▁under ▁the ▁four ▁required ▁cap es , ▁but ▁the ▁orth od rom ic ▁route ▁she ▁has ▁taken ▁does ▁not ▁total ▁the ▁necessary ▁ 2 1 , 6 0 0 ▁miles ▁that ▁is ▁equivalent ▁of ▁the ▁g irth ▁of ▁the ▁Earth ▁at ▁the ▁equ ator . ▁And ▁that , ▁Andrew ▁F ras er , ▁is ▁a ▁requirement ▁for ▁the ▁world ▁record ▁you ▁were ▁claim ing ▁for ▁Jess ica , ▁and ▁which ▁would ▁put ▁her ▁in ▁line ▁to ▁beat ▁J esse ▁Martin ' s ▁record ." ▁ ▁Watson ▁commented ▁on ▁this ▁matter ▁in ▁her ▁book ▁True ▁Spirit . ▁She ▁states ▁that ▁she ▁wrote ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁letters ▁to ▁the ▁W SS RC ▁asking ▁what ▁she ▁had ▁to ▁do ▁to ▁claim ▁the ▁record . ▁Their ▁answer ▁was ▁that ▁she ▁could ▁not ▁claim ▁the ▁record ▁since ▁age ▁records ▁were ▁no ▁longer ▁recognized . ▁She ▁got ▁the ▁impression ▁it ▁was ▁( acc ording ▁to ▁W SS RC ) ▁not ▁necessary ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁route ▁J esse ▁Martin ▁followed ▁( which ▁went ▁far ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁equ ator ▁in ▁the ▁Atlantic ), ▁a ▁route ▁Watson ▁knew ▁well ▁from ▁reading ▁Martin ' s ▁book ▁more ▁than ▁once . ▁Watson ▁decided ▁to ▁follow ▁a ▁route ▁commonly ▁accepted ▁as ▁round