Teen sailor Abby Sunderland alive and well
 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37621453/ns/us_news

her boat was found adrift with her aboard, alive and well... problem was that her craft was de-masted in the storm.

quite a problem for a sailboat.

suppose she was not in distress... just knew her cause was lost and by activating her beacons she would eventually be found.

if i were her... id abandon this particular effort, repair the craft and head out again on another attempt.

Caught the tail end of a news report last night that said she hadn't been heard from. Glad to see some good news. *phew*

Gutzy kid
 

Apparently her brother had also done this. He didn't make the record though. Still, what a family!

Other kids this age are just as resourceful and courageous if given a chance to show it. The trouble is that parents, myself included, don't allow them to express. We see them as the little kids we sheltered and helped to walk.

I salute the parents of these two sailors. They had courage to let go.

If I were her, I'd join a particular ex-marine on his sailboat for a relaxing cruise and some well-deserved lessons in boarding action:DL

Dude, she's 16!

http://www.teacherharmony.com/chris_hansen.jpg

Everything from 16 onward is fair game.:O:

:o

Speechless.

Ohhhkay...

Well um from what I have read she is not out of the woods yet. She is demasted with the rigging hanging over the side. Ive been in this situation before and its a very very bad position to be in.

The nearest 'rescue' is at least a day away.

I really hope the weather holds fairly calm because in her current state any kind of sea state could become very dangerous as the ship is basically dead in the water and cannot be pointed into the weather even if she has an auxillary motor.

I suppose if the weather gets bad she will cut away the rigging in the meantime try to hang on to it and salvage it.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/11/mis...lor/index.html

Why?
Where would you set the minimum age?
Over here it is 16 IIRC.

That's hot:arrgh!:. I mean, what? Oh! You pervert! That wasn't what I was talking about at all! I was going to teach her the nuances of maritime navigation and ship-to-ship boarding protocols. No, really, I swear:DL

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Not that I can blame you Unders.... I mean, err, glad to hear she's fine!

I'm pleased she's been found okay :up:

16 year old :hmmm:

My daughter is 17....they always remain your kids :stare:

Note to self... Stay away from Buna's girl :o

Or the parents just don't have the dough that needs to be coughed up in order to get a round the world - yacht and attempt together. Isn't free you know.

I'm sure she will attempt it again. I would guess that failure is not an option in her world.

The father's business is yachts.

http://www.sunyachts.net/main/About%20SYM.html

To quote Bill Engvall, what he said to his daughter's boyfriend:

"I don't have a problem with going back to prison."



:arrgh!:


[EDIT]

Here Jim, from the horse's mouth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myd9TO_ZN4o

LOL :DL

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/f...-1225879181591

Family cannot afford to pay for rescue.

This, IMNSHO is BS. They should have to pay, even if it destroys them. Sell the house, whatever (they live in CA, they can sell even a cheap house and raise 300k, then move to Iowa or someplace cheap).

I'm actually fine with letting the kids do this, but the parents need to face enough financial problems in case of rescue that they at least take out some sort of insurance for this contingency or face financial ruin.

Yeah. Somehow they were able to afford to outfit a ship so their son could sail around the world last year -another one for their daughter this year, and now they're planning on sending her out again in the near future.

3 ships fitting out with supplies, planning, and support teams, for their children to sail around the world, but when it comes time to pay the bill for rescuing one of their children they play the "we're poor" card and expect the Australian government to foot the bill. What a crock.

I wish I was that kind of "poor"

I share your sentiment :up: