Posted on 06/14/2010 5:39:18 AM PDT by jimbo123
Here's a dose of reality.
The father of teen sailor Abby Sunderland told The Post yesterday that he's broke and had signed a contract to do a reality show, "Adventures in Sunderland," about his family of daredevil kids weeks after she set off on her doomed and dangerous solo sail around the globe.
Laurence Sunderland, a sailing instructor who lives in the middle-class Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks with his pregnant wife and seven kids, opened their home to film crews four months ago.
"The show might be about family, it might be about Abigail's trip. It's something that was shopped around," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
This is the attention whore thing, in many ways comparable to the Fort Collins balloon boy kid’s parents.
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**The large family has long been a curiosity in the community, neighbors said. All seven children are home-schooled.
“They rarely leave their house, and they rarely talk to neighbors,” local resident Brian Gonzales said.**
She’s 16 - a child, not a woman.
My gripe is putting her life at risk by sending her to the southern ocean in winter. This is considered so dangerous that even fully crewed professional ocean racers won’t do it. And all so she would be 16 and break a record no authorizing organizations will recognize.
He’s a shameless media whore.
Sailing is the family business. She is just following in her Dad’s footsteps.
Too bad charlie sheen followed in his dad’s.
“All seven children are home-schooled.”
From what I know, his only redeeming quality.
Lots and lots and lots of borrowed money that the Sutherlands won’t pay back. Maybe Obama will bail them out with our tax money to try to win back the white liberal vote.
That boat must have cost multiple 100s of thousands don’t you think? Half a $million?
” My gripe is putting her life at risk by sending her to the southern ocean in winter. This is considered so dangerous that even fully crewed professional ocean racers won’t do it. And all so she would be 16 and break a record no authorizing organizations will recognize.
He’s a shameless media whore.”
Okay. I didn’t know about the southern ocean thing. My sailing was limited to the Channel Islands area of Ventura County.
Thanks for the info.
“I doubt it pal. Thousand Oaks is not middle class. It is upper middle class to wealthy. The guy might have lost his business under Obamanomics. Who knows? Thanks for assuming the worst.”
OK pal, why are you apologizing for him?
Here brother sailed around the world when he was not much older than she is.
http://www.sunyachts.net/main/About%20SYM.html It’s his business..
” OK pal, why are you apologizing for him? “
Because unlike you, I don’t assume the worst about someone I don’t know ?
LOL!
http://www.sunyachts.net/main/Welcome.html#about:blank His home page.
“Because unlike you, I don’t assume the worst about someone I don’t know ?”
You are making other assumptions, pal.
I'm more inclined to credit Jon Sayer who designed the hull to serve as a survival capsule, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and the French fisherman of the MV Isle de al Reunion
....but but but....... it’s about freedom......
Oh sorry, it’s about fame and money......
” Maybe Obama will bail them out with our tax money to try to win back the white liberal vote. “
Thousand Oaks and Newport Beach are 2 of the most conservative cities in California, if not THE most.
FWIW-
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