Well, I’m disappointed. However, very understandable and very mature decision.
I’ll still follow her progress.
I'm going with still "foolish and irresponsible", because the plan is , I am not ending my trip!!! I am ending my non-stop and unassisted attempt. I will continue on to hopefully become the youngest solo circumnavigator.
It was merely "ill-advised" before the autopilot problem developed. (Going on without repair would have been "barking insane".) But now she is running against limited time margin as well. That puts her in the same position as Vendee Globe, Velux 5-oceans competitors where it's even chance of fast passage or boat breaking