Site Moderator TalonRider Posted July 27, 2010 Site Moderator Posted July 27, 2010 http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20100727/EU.Netherlands.Young.Sailor/ This sailor should read Circumnavigation before taking off.
C James Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 She's 14... I don't know what route she's planning, but I sure as heck hope she's going to stay out of the southern ocean! Personally, I think 14 is too young. She was stopped by a court over a year ago, at barely age 13, when she was about to sail. At this rate, we'll see babies with sales rigged to their bassinets heading out to circumnavigate within a few years. Circumnavigation can be dangerous... The fatality rate is only about one to two percent, but the odds go way up for the inexperienced. There's a world of difference between coastal sailing and open ocean passages.
JamesSavik Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 AH the mommy state- always looking out for children. *vomits*
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