A Young Sailors Prayer Needed

[twyacht]

16 year old Abby Sunderland, of California, set sail on her 40 ft vessel. Attempting to be the youngest female to circumnavigate the globe alone, she has gone missing in the Southern Indian Ocean, after her EPIRB, (emergency beacon) was activated, and all communication has been lost,,,today. It's winter down there, and her last report had seas to 30 feet.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37621453/?gt1=43001

Sailors pray,
For fair winds and a following sea

The smell of salt in the air,
The feel of their skin as it's touched by the spray

An albatross soaring above,
Dolphins in the ship's wake at play

To witness a work of art that only God can create,
The sunset at the end of day

At night a million stars in the sky,
Safe anchorage in an islands lee

When the time comes to die as for all it must,
To awake in Sailors Heaven where nothing ever rusts

And always there would be,
Fair winds and a following sea
C. D. Williams.COM

I hope and pray she is rescued in time. A calling to the sea is powerful, especially in this young sailor, and in God's hands and grace, I pray for her safe return.

[Timothy]

God Bless and keep this young woman and return her to safer shores...

[ellis4538]

She has been found safe and sound...prayers answered.

Richard

[Solus]

The Aussies found her   

We don't need to lose the brave and courageous ones.  I hope she's not a liberal

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/37618875/ns/sports-other_sports/

[ratcatcher55]

The Aussies found her   

We don't need to lose the brave and courageous ones.  I hope she's not a liberal

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/37618875/ns/sports-other_sports/

Sorry but lettling a teenage girl sail around the world by herself is criminally stupid.

[Sponsor]

[Solus]

Her brother did it last year at 17 and an Aussie 16 year old young lady made the trip solo beating Abby to that title because of Abby's equipment failure that required her to cancel the solo non-stop run.

From what I have read, she has been sailing all her life and was capable of making the trip.

[ratcatcher55]

And that makes safe???


Lets' put it this way. Give the keys to your car and let a 16 year old drive around the world. The route includes Iran, North Korea and Somila.

Well Little Johnny ddin't get killed when he did it so it's all right.

She can call if she needs help. Somebody else can risk there life so she can feel empowered.

[tombogan03884]

Safe is for the common sheep, this young lady has shown that she is anything but common.
RC55 may be correct as far as he goes, but there are considerations that far out way mere "safety".

[Solus]

I have no doubt she was better prepared and equipped to make a safe journey around the world that Columbus was to make h s trip across the Atlantic.

While the Apollo 11 moon landing mission was as well prepared and equipped as technically possible at that time, I'd bet the risk factor for that mission was greater than that of Abby on her trip around the world.

If humans had waited till it things were "safe" we'd still be eating raw meat and working with dull instruments.

[ratcatcher55]

I have no doubt she was better prepared and equipped to make a safe journey around the world that Columbus was to make h s trip across the Atlantic.

While the Apollo 11 moon landing mission was as well prepared and equipped as technically possible at that time, I'd bet the risk factor for that mission was greater than that of Abby on her trip around the world.

If humans had waited till it things were "safe" we'd still be eating raw meat and working with dull instruments.

I beg to disagree.

Columbus sailed with three vessels crewed by experiance sailors. Adult sailors. Every boat was larger than the 40 footer she is in.

Apollo 11 was flown by three men after 10 other missions had worked the bugs as much as possible. Each of the pilots had thousands of hours of flight time and simulations on the mission. If you remember NASA always sweated the minutes the craft was out of comms behind the moon. She is without any comms except an EPIR.

I don't question her courage. I question her fathers intellignce.

"Sailing and life in general is dangerous. Teenagers drive cars. Does that mean teenagers shouldn't drive a car?" Laurence Sunderland told the AP. "I think people who hold that opinion have lost their zeal for life. They're living in a cotton-wool tunnel to make everything safe."

Driving a car around town and sailing around the world sinlge handed are the same risk?

Go watch Deadlist Catch when they are in 50 knot winds and 30 foot seas in a 100+ metal vessel, and tell me you would let your kid sail around in that by themselve in a fiberglass sailboat.