16 year old female sailor wants to sail across the world by her self....

what could go wrong?



I remember hearing about this about 2 months ago and thinking this is pretty fucking dangerous to do.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/abby-sunderland-possibly-lost-sea/story?id=10877108

 

She seems like a nice person, I'm sad to hear this.

 

yeah, i remember hearing an extended interview for her on talk radio out here (she was sailing out of Marina Del Rey I believe)....really sad. Hope they can find her but doesn't sound too positive.

 

I hope her parents are held responsible for all the rescue expenses

 

Why? Was this caused by her being 16? Would an older sailor not have met with disaster in those conditions? (Not a rhetorical question, I actually don't know.)

 

I remember reading about this too. A girl her age should be experimenting in unprotected sex not sailing across the world for no real purpose at all.

 

It was caused by her parents allowing her to be out there in the first place. Its irrelevant how good she is, no 16 year old is mentally prepared for something like that even if they think they are...the other young sailors who have made it just got lucky

 

Not to mention how much money this whole thing is is going to cost. Not just the search and rescue, but paying for the trip to begin with. What a phenomenal waste of money.

 

White people do this shit all the time yeah bro let's climb mount everest!!!!!

 

I think that an older sailor should just not be rescued.

An underrage sailor is the public's resposibility and the parents' liability.

 

Thats a little harsh IMO. Is there anything like "extreme adventure" insurance?(lol) Maybe make something like that an option and then I can go along with your idea for the people who chose not to buy the insurance.

 

^^^ it always surprises me when Lakers' fans actually make sense.

 

I dont think we should encourage people doing intentionally dangerous things for no real purpose.


If you want to do something death defying for your 15 minutes of fame, so be it, but you better actually be prepared to deal with the consequences of failure.

 

i feel bad for her, certainly.

but it was silly to follow a path where she was so far off the nearest coastline.

 

Your take is that it is a waste of money? Dude, that is really f'd up.

No 16 year old is physically, mentally, or emotionally ready for a trip like that. The parents were criminally negligent.

 

This 16yo Aussie girl sailed around the world recently:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/93870044.html#axzz0qVNFJWGR

 

Ah, okay.