[MayfairFly]

She still doesn't have the upper body strength necessary to pull her broken mast back on board (to say nothing of remounting it), or even to pull her sails into the boat.

I may question the judgment of ANYONE who takes on such a voyage solo, but reports indicate she's as competent a sailor as anyone else. Furthermore, what makes you so certain a man would be able to lift & remount a mast & sails in rough waters?

[muawiyah]

Really big guy ~ very strong ~ very experienced in the use of winches.

[sheana]

We have a 40 ft Yorktown and I can gurantee you that if we lost our mast noone could get it back up.....period, let alone remount it.
That statement came from someone who knows absolutely nothing about sailboats.

[gigster]

I raced sailboats here, on the upper Great Lakes, for over 20 years. If you are de-masted in those seas,no one person would be able to pull in their sheets, rigging, and mast, and make any kind of effective repair, even in calm water. Depending on where the mast broke, you may just be along for the ride after that.

While I admire her Seamanship skills, no amount of accolades are worth losing your life, out there alone.