Defence jets join Abby Sunderland's rescue (yes, I *know* - I didn't write the headline)

news.com.au ^ | 12th June 2010

[driftdiver]

“Regardless of the age or origins of the mariner, that sort of stuff happens, and the fact that she is alive after such a storm is likely a testament to her ability as a sailor.”

30 foot waves for several days including at least 2 without any means of controlling the boat...now thats a thrill ride

[Chode]

every penny, her parents should be charged every penny it costs looking for an over indulged child by people with more money than brains...

[tupac]

Are those pictures of the same plane? The top picture looks more like a C-130. Same engines, just mounted upside down.

[B4Ranch]

So, so true!

[Mad Dawgg]

"If your neighbour’s house is on fire, do you rent them your hose?"

Well, did your neighbors poor gasoline all over their house and then decide to light the barbacue that was right next to it, and then was astonished the house caught on fire?

I would still lend them my hose but I would explain to them that tempting fate can lead to disasterous outcomes.

Now next question: if your neighbors got the fire out then rebuilt the house and diod the dame thing again would you lend them the hose without talking about monetary compensation especially when your water bill had tripled the last time the neighbors tempted fate?

Abby is free to try as many times as she likes but as a conservative I think it is wrong that she place the responsibility on others to pull her fat out of the fire without offering up some compensation. Its not like she is out fishing to feed people or carrying cargo for purposes of trade. She is tempting fate in the roughest waters on the planet in a tiny boat to try and enter the record books. She doesn't have to be there to get a job done, she is there seeking the fame of being the youngest woman ever to circle the earth in a tiny boat.