Abby Sunderland found alive
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To the best of my knowledge.... no one can make her abandon the boat, it's her choice. Remember "The Perfect Storm" the guy in the Westsail 32 was talked into abandoning his boat by his inexperienced crew... it ended up costing the life of a CG heli crewman and the boat was found unharmed a few days later. The question of salvage is often determined by who offers whom the tow line... maybe someone else can comment on that.
If she can start the motor she can power to safety.
International maritime law requires that no boat can ignore a distress call and must give assistance if possible. Whether the sailor is distress is able to pay or not.
She was picked up by a French Fishing vessel. Her dad said they would scuttle the boat, but..... It may be a few days before she re-unites with her family.
At least she is safe.
At least she is safe.
Abby's parents have been severely criticised for for letting her sail a yacht across the Indian Ocean in the notorious winter storm season, only a month after she was forced to stop in South Africa for auto-pilot problems.A similar voyage by Jessica Watson was done in much more favourable seasons.
The man who built Wild Eyes, Queensland boat builder Jon Sayer, said that Abby was not up to the trip.
"She wasn't physically or mentally strong enough to handle a 40-foot boat in those winter storm conditions."
Round-the-world yachtsman Ian Kiernan also criticised Abby for failing to respect the sea.
"I don't know what she's doing in the southern Indian Ocean in the middle of the winter. We need adventurers but adventurers who do foolhardy things and put their rescuers at risk, it should not be allowed."
However, her parents defended their decision, saying they were a family of "adventurers, not accountants''.
I cut the above from the AU article below.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/rescued-abby-sunderland-wants-second-go-at-sailing-record/story-e6frfq80-1225878946554
The man who built Wild Eyes, Queensland boat builder Jon Sayer, said that Abby was not up to the trip.
"She wasn't physically or mentally strong enough to handle a 40-foot boat in those winter storm conditions."
Round-the-world yachtsman Ian Kiernan also criticised Abby for failing to respect the sea.
"I don't know what she's doing in the southern Indian Ocean in the middle of the winter. We need adventurers but adventurers who do foolhardy things and put their rescuers at risk, it should not be allowed."
However, her parents defended their decision, saying they were a family of "adventurers, not accountants''.
I cut the above from the AU article below.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/rescued-abby-sunderland-wants-second-go-at-sailing-record/story-e6frfq80-1225878946554
I really admire this young girl, I know grown people who panic and cry when they get lost in Walmart.
You need to get out more. Go to some girl's high school lacrosse or softball games and see what a gutsy high school girl can take and give. Girls aren't as meer as the used to be.
Peggie...you are a bad, bad gurl!LOL
Jack
PS, I told my wife about a sign I saw the other day that said, "I hunt, because my wife can't climb trees!" She countered with a description of a woman knoking a mans head clean off...as it was rolling around on the floor she said, "That's OK...he don't use it anyway!
PSS, To keep on topic I have been having fun with the Editor of the Greensboro News and Record. He would not let his spoiled little wossy sixteen year gurl old said around the world.
Jack
PS, I told my wife about a sign I saw the other day that said, "I hunt, because my wife can't climb trees!" She countered with a description of a woman knoking a mans head clean off...as it was rolling around on the floor she said, "That's OK...he don't use it anyway!
PSS, To keep on topic I have been having fun with the Editor of the Greensboro News and Record. He would not let his spoiled little wossy sixteen year gurl old said around the world.
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ross is just now learning the difference between females and felames..lol.....
good one, peggy!!!
and there is something about this young gurlee that hasnt gotten to the troubleshooting 101 stage as yet--she seems a bit more spoiled than jessica, who, to me , at first, looked too woossie to do this--was i wrong..LOL..goes to show ya!!! i still dont know why she didnt cut the rigging and jury rig something and finish her trip.....or was she deck stepped , therefore totally done????
good one, peggy!!!
and there is something about this young gurlee that hasnt gotten to the troubleshooting 101 stage as yet--she seems a bit more spoiled than jessica, who, to me , at first, looked too woossie to do this--was i wrong..LOL..goes to show ya!!! i still dont know why she didnt cut the rigging and jury rig something and finish her trip.....or was she deck stepped , therefore totally done????
I saw something from a phone interview done after she was picked up that sounded like there was only a 2" (or 2') stub of the mast left. Hard to do much with that if the rest went over the side. Just cut the mess away before it rips your keel off.
Salvage the boom and stick it in the mast stub.
Several lessons in this event; 1st. prepare the boat for the worst. 2nd make it as strong as is reasonable. 3rd expect the worst and be prepared for dealing with it. 4th. Dont rely on EPIRB as a substitute for 1,2,&3
Several lessons in this event; 1st. prepare the boat for the worst. 2nd make it as strong as is reasonable. 3rd expect the worst and be prepared for dealing with it. 4th. Dont rely on EPIRB as a substitute for 1,2,&3
I for one dont have a pro or con attitude toward this young lady......but i will say that if it were not for people like her these United States wouldn't be to begain with.... after all it was a Spanish Queen that financed the exploration of the new world .....this is not intended to chastise anyone on this board ....just food for thought from another point of view....
regards
woody
regards
woody
If I recall history my ancestors were standing on the shore when the illegal immigrants arrived some of my other ancestors among them. Were it not for the locals the Europeans would have starved during their first winter.
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