Originally posted by Enkindu

Originally posted by Dekron

Originally posted by Enkindu

Originally posted by Dekron

Originally posted by Bigdavo

She ran into a 63,000 ton coal carrier for goodness sake

Is that what is wrong with that god-awful excuse for a face?

 

Asshat.  You out of gradeschool yet?

Sure am, poopyface.

Sorry, but she is ugly, and I am calling her out.

 

You know, there are plenty of people on this forum with viewpoints very different from mine, and by and large I respect them.  After reviewing a number of your posts I've realized that you have never posted anything worth reading.  At least you are consistent.

Oh gosh, I guess my day is just ruined now, isn't it?

I really don't see much wrong with this, i just hope she is more pre-paired then she leads on.

I personally think people are to over-protective now a days, if her family is okay with it then i don't see an issue here.  Somebody was complaining about tax money being used to rescue her if something bad happens, i'm wondering why people aren't upset at tax money being used to rescue people for other things like Mountain climbing, etc.   Perhaps we should all just lock ourselves in our homes and never do anything? wouldn't want to waste tax payer money...

Instead of looking at all sides i think people are just re-acting to their emotions, i personally wish her luck and hope everything goes well.

This topic is reminding me of the time Irwin held his kid feeding the croc and everyone over-reacted to it. 

While i do understand others points about how they wouldn't let their kid do this or that blah blah blah, in the end its not our daughter and i'll respect the parents enough to let them make their own decision.

I actually understand the point Teala is trying to make. I'm very neutral about the whole thing. I personally lean towards; let her wait until she's eighteen and age technically ready to make such a decision. However, if she gets lost or some other rescue operation has to take place, all the tons it costs will be directly her responsibility.

Also, I feel people are just supporting her because she's female and is attractive, and that's one of the only reasons she has gotten worldwide support. I think much less people cared when that 17 year old guy went on to circumnavigate the globe.

Originally posted by seabass2003

Originally posted by Enkindu

Lots of people have circumnavigated under sail.

Personally I think there are some dreams and goals that are worth great risk.

If the girl is psychologically strong enough to make long solo ocean passages then she is adult enough to make the decision to undertake a trip like this.  I would absolutely support my own child in a similar endeavor.

Actually if there were more peope her age around with that kind of vision I'd feel alot better about the future of mankind than I do now.

SWEET CHRIST I just found a picture of her boat and I take everything back.  I can't believe that any competent sailor would be caught dead in this:

That atrocity is going to piss off king neptune bigtime.

That boat is going down. No one rides Neptune's ocean in that and lives.

 

Yeah she's defiantly much braver than I thought : )

If she has a lot of experience in the sea then I think she could have a chance.

I think that's the heart of the problem- she has very little experience.

I just found this very sad news story- one of her mentors was killed in an accident at sea just ten days ago.  It seems that a very experienced crew made a navigational error with disastrous results.  Teala this is what I'm referring to when I say that she has entered a very unforgiving environment.

I do wish her the best.  Fortune does tend to favor the bold.

Nice offering for Poseidon! Aussies must be desperate!

Whether she succeeds or not I hope she hits 18 right around when she is in my area

Originally posted by n25philly

Whether she succeeds or not I hope she hits 18 right around when she is in my area

I bet you ANY AMOUNT OF GOLD that she is a VAGITARIAN! Only thing that is going to get her excited is some wall-to-wall carpet.. Some itchy itchy na na..

Originally posted by mortharx

Originally posted by n25philly

Whether she succeeds or not I hope she hits 18 right around when she is in my area

I bet you ANY AMOUNT OF GOLD that she is a VAGITARIAN! Only thing that is going to get her excited is some wall-to-wall carpet.. Some itchy itchy na na..

Now everyone on this board knows you are under the age of 14.  Better not let your mom hear you talk that way- you'll be grounded for the weekend.

Ok, this just needs to be said before anyone says it:  "She can circumnavigate my globes anytime!"

She is an Aussie princess/heroine and having rich parents who buy her a yacht

But I think she got bad oods. The other kid was almost captured by pirates and was also close at a time to collides with tanker.

Originally posted by Battlekruse

She is an Aussie princess/heroine and having rich parents who buy her a yacht

But I think she got bad oods. The other kid was almost captured by pirates and was also close at a time to collides with tanker.

Nope- she's got sponsors out the wazoo.  I think her parents want to GET rich by cashing in on her celebrity.

Originally posted by Enkindu

Originally posted by Battlekruse

She is an Aussie princess/heroine and having rich parents who buy her a yacht

But I think she got bad oods. The other kid was almost captured by pirates and was also close at a time to collides with tanker.

 

Nope- she's got sponsors out the wazoo.  I think her parents want to GET rich by cashing in on her celebrity.

It would've been a whole lot cheaper for them if they'd just said she'd floated away in a balloon.

terrible terrible terrible idea.

if she does die it will be one of the longest most painful most agonizing deaths you can imagine.  Being swept away by the sea, potentially living for days under a beating sun with water saturated skin and a extremely dehydrated body, with constant emotional and physical pain wishing you had never come out to sea in the first place.

If shes lucky she'll drown quick or get eaten by a shark.

Whoever advocates this has no clue as to the dangers of the sea.  And if a 16 year old girl by Gods grace actually makes the voyage, its nothing short of a miracle.

Ill be looking forward to hearing about the search and rescue mission in the news... If she decides to go through with it.

I thought it was funny the OP that compared this to driving and other things.

Originally posted by Xemous

terrible terrible terrible idea.

if she does die it will be one of the longest most painful most agonizing deaths you can imagine.  Being swept away by the sea, potentially living for days under a beating sun with water saturated skin and a extremely dehydrated body, with constant emotional and physical pain wishing you had never come out to sea in the first place.

If shes lucky she'll drown quick or get eaten by a shark.

Whoever advocates this has no clue as to the dangers of the sea.  And if a 16 year old girl by Gods grace actually makes the voyage, its nothing short of a miracle.

Ill be looking forward to hearing about the search and rescue mission in the news... If she decides to go through with it.

I thought it was funny the OP that compared this to driving and other things.

Well I guess if it is a legit trip? Even on her website they arent furnishing tracking data.She could be shadowed by a support ship ,no one really knows .If it is on the up and up.

Originally posted by Scubie67

Originally posted by Xemous

terrible terrible terrible idea.

if she does die it will be one of the longest most painful most agonizing deaths you can imagine.  Being swept away by the sea, potentially living for days under a beating sun with water saturated skin and a extremely dehydrated body, with constant emotional and physical pain wishing you had never come out to sea in the first place.

If shes lucky she'll drown quick or get eaten by a shark.

Whoever advocates this has no clue as to the dangers of the sea.  And if a 16 year old girl by Gods grace actually makes the voyage, its nothing short of a miracle.

Ill be looking forward to hearing about the search and rescue mission in the news... If she decides to go through with it.

I thought it was funny the OP that compared this to driving and other things.

 

Well I guess if it is a legit trip? Even on her website they arent furnishing tracking data.She could be shadowed by a support ship ,no one really knows .If it is on the up and up.

I hope for the girl's sake that it's a big freaking hoax (like that man against wild guy) and they've got a professional crew sailing the boat for her.  A goddam publicity stunt isn't worth a young life, and it is fairly obvious she doesn't understand how potentially dangerous this is.

Originally posted by Enkindu

Originally posted by Scubie67

Originally posted by Xemous

terrible terrible terrible idea.

if she does die it will be one of the longest most painful most agonizing deaths you can imagine.  Being swept away by the sea, potentially living for days under a beating sun with water saturated skin and a extremely dehydrated body, with constant emotional and physical pain wishing you had never come out to sea in the first place.

If shes lucky she'll drown quick or get eaten by a shark.

Whoever advocates this has no clue as to the dangers of the sea.  And if a 16 year old girl by Gods grace actually makes the voyage, its nothing short of a miracle.

Ill be looking forward to hearing about the search and rescue mission in the news... If she decides to go through with it.

I thought it was funny the OP that compared this to driving and other things.

 

Well I guess if it is a legit trip? Even on her website they arent furnishing tracking data.She could be shadowed by a support ship ,no one really knows .If it is on the up and up.

 

I hope for the girl's sake that it's a big freaking hoax (like that man against wild guy) and they've got a professional crew sailing the boat for her.  A goddam publicity stunt isn't worth a young life, and it is fairly obvious she doesn't understand how potentially dangerous this is.

 Here is a link to her blog.She is now saying that they will have a tracking system setup in a few weeks.I guess on her first attempt they did have one up for like  ..1 day LOL..

 Her parents think the the other ship intentionally turned off their signal which caused the collision.We all know how parents are especially little girl parents ;its always someone elses fault.

 Sabotage her trip I guess. I really doubt that  considering the ship of that size it could have been fatal.I was just wondering if The International communtity for sailing records has ways of verifying these attempts?

 How many people at 16 years of age realize risk of activities anyways.There was a study I saw a couple of years ago that that part of the brain in young adults that processes risk doesnt fully develop till 23 to 25 years .There is plenty of proof when you see college kids these days as there has always been.

http://youngestround.blogspot.com/

 Edit: Also you may know about this .When in International waters if you have Satellite TV is it available wherever you go as well as Internet access through Satellite Internet or do you need to be near some shore?

 Hehe I also bet if she has another accident she wont update it on her site

 Can you imagine this  ..... Jessica's update for "such and such date"  ," I uhhh,I ... I....Like Ran into an Island today,Even though it was 20 miles wide and stationary ,it was the one who Hit Me .

 IT was the islands fault though because I was busying playing with my Hello Kitty stuffed animals .As soon as my boat is repaired I will be on my way.Bad,bad island...LOL.

 

I don't care if she gets the record or not-Just want her to make it back/turn back home alive.

Originally posted by Teala

 

If this were my daughter I'd let her go in a heart beat.   

 

You have to stop trusting your heart beat decissions.