Wednesday 18 May 2022 11:04 PM World solo sailor Jessica Watson urges people to check blood pressure after ... trends now
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Famous sailor and former Young Australian of the Year Jessica Watson has shared a vital health message after the sudden death of her partner.
Jessica Watson, 29, who became the youngest solo sailor in the world to travel the globe non-stop and unassisted in 2009 at age 16, lost her Cameron Dale in August 2021.
The 29-year-old died at the Gold Coast Hospital on August 30 - six weeks after suffering a 'catastrophic stroke'.
Now eight months after his death, Ms Watson is determined to educate young people on the importance of controlling blood pressure.
Jessica Watson (right) has urged people to check their blood pressure after her long-term partner Cameron Dale (left) died after suffering a sudden stroke
Ms Watson (right) described Mr Dale (left) as her 'long-term partner in every aspect of life and planned future'
'Please check your blood pressure! It's such a simple thing that could save a life,' she wrote on Sunday.
'Cam's stroke was the first he knew of his high blood pressure.
'It's not on the radar for active young people and it needs to be!'
She then went on to share that strokes kill more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer every year yet 80 per cent of those deaths are preventable.
Ms Watson (above) became the youngest solo person to sail around the globe in 2009 after spending 210 days at sea
