[DariusBane]

I wouldn't let my kids try to sail around the world alone. I look at her picture and wonder if she had the arm strength to deal with tangled sails in high winds. I am pretty strong, a 41 year old male and don't know if alone, tired, and hungry if I would be able to muscle in a tangled mass of sails in high wind.

But, I see people calling for jail sentences for the parents. Give me a break. Where they foolish, or misguided? Yup. Will it cost them dearly? Probably. But lets leave the power of the State out of it, and offer sympathy to the Sunderlands, and object lessons to future adventurers. But leave the State out of it.

If you want to council prudence I am all for it. I will also. But I won't compel.

[GunRunner]

I wouldn't let my kids try to sail around the world alone.

Again, that's not what you said earlier.

You said:

"If she had the right stuff, and was commmited to doing it, you bet I’d let her do it. Twice."

So which is it?