A Young Sailors Prayer Needed

[twyacht]

I'm thankful that Prayers were answered, and she is going to be rescued.

As for the drift, human nature is an interesting thing, young pilots, young sailors, young motorcycle, auto racers, drivers, etc,.....There will always be exceptions to the stats. Look at Jeff Gordon the Nascar driver, started at what,...5 years old. So at 16, running the Sprint Cup series, made him not qualified?  I'm sure there is more to the story that made her more qualified than a mere rookie.

It would be interesting to know this young ladies credentials, certifications, Capt.'s License, Radar endorsements, open ocean celestial navigation certificates, ability to know deviation and variation, plotting, using a sextant, she was already past halfway when her equipment failed.

I bet she would have made it, and, I'll bet she tries it again.

Thank you God for keeping her safe.

[ratcatcher55]

I'm thankful that Prayers were answered, and she is going to be rescued.

As for the drift, human nature is an interesting thing, young pilots, young sailors, young motorcycle, auto racers, drivers, etc,.....There will always be exceptions to the stats. Look at Jeff Gordon the Nascar driver, started at what,...5 years old. So at 16, running the Sprint Cup series, made him not qualified?  I'm sure there is more to the story that made her more qualified than a mere rookie.

It would be interesting to know this young ladies credentials, certifications, Capt.'s License, Radar endorsements, open ocean celestial navigation certificates, ability to know deviation and variation, plotting, using a sextant, she was already past halfway when her equipment failed.

I bet she would have made it, and, I'll bet she tries it again.

Thank you God for keeping her safe.

Amen to that.

[PegLeg45]

I know I am continuing with the terrible thread drift here...but we've chewed this one up so much, a little more won't hurt to bad.

This is about Driver's Licenses.  I've stated before that I don't believe it is a privileged as the government has no privileges to hand out to the citizens.

I don't think the Founding Fathers would be very approving if they were required to get permission from the state to operate a horse, buggy or buckboard, the primary means of private transportation of their day.

Scary, Solus....I made, almost word-for-word, that same statement in a conversation a few days ago.

[tombogan03884]

I hitch hiked half way across country when I was 16.
And for a girl I would submit that, depending on the neighborhood, Sailing could be safer than walking home from school, never mind driving.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_Sunderland

Sunderland said she has been preparing for her journey since age 13.[1]  She has been training ocean sailing together with experienced sailors, especially her father, Laurence Sunderland. He described when he understood she had the determination to do it. "It was a particularly rough day and her boat was rocking from gunnel to gunnel. ... I knew she was freezing cold, tired and hungry, and we'd been at it for, you know, 20 hours at that stage. I said, 'So Abby, are you ready to sail around the world now?' To which she replied, 'Where is my boat?'"[8]

The planned sail route is: Marina del Rey – Cape Horn – Cape of Good Hope – Cape Leeuwin – Marina del Rey in 10 legs, solo and unassisted, in accordance with the definitions set by the International Sailing Federation World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC). According to the WSSRC, the Equator must be crossed according to the rules of world circumnavigation, which she will do in the Pacific Ocean as she departs and returns to Cabo San Lucas.

Sail-World reported concerns about the timing of her start: "While ... she will round the Horn in the height of summer when conditions should be the best they can be, her delayed departure ... means that by the time she sails south of Australia, the weather will be approaching Autumn, and the weather will be deteriorating."[9]

[Solus]

Scary, Solus....I made, almost word-for-word, that same statement in a conversation a few days ago.

Damn, Peg...you're smarter than you look 

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[PegLeg45]

Damn, Peg...you're smarter than you look 

I find it lowers people's expectations.......      

[Johnny Bravo]

I'm glad the young lady is ok. Maybe she'll try it again and have better weather and better luck!

[TAB]

They did not get the ~ 1 mill boat, its still floating around out there.


There are also reports that the family is hurting for money and was hoping for a reality TV show...  She is damn lucky all that happen to her was getting Demasted.

[ericire12]

They did not get the ~ 1 mill boat, its still floating around out there.


There are also reports that the family is hurting for money and was hoping for a reality TV show...  She is damn lucky all that happen to her was getting Demasted.

I heard they got an offer for a reality TV show.

As far as I am concerned there is not much different between this and the balloon boy.... except that the girl was actually in danger

[TAB]

I heard they got an offer for a reality TV show.

As far as I am concerned there is not much different between this and the ballon boy.... except that the girl was actually in danger

It was on larry king live... he admit they had a deal and lost it.   makes me sick just to think about it.  here your kid is risking thier life so you can make money off some TV show.