Sail all you want. I’m for it! I’ve done it! I’ve sailed Panama-Hawaii-Guam solo, and Guam-Cali nonstop. I can speak to this! I was still a teen when I was third crew on a 33 foot wood sloop from Bermuda-Azores-Ireland. I know whereof I speak!
And I’m all for it! If you want to sail to Antarctica on a windsurfer, I’m all for it! Go for it!
But NOT if your sole “emergency plan” is to push the button on an EPIRB, and have the world rush to rescue your foolish and unprepared self.
Yes, so you want limits on “freedoms”. Just reasonable ones, for sure.
Face it, it worked. The family’s plan, Abbey’s plan worked.
She’s just as alive now if she had sailed in the regulator approved season and using regulator approved sailing equipment and had oodles of insurance. Amazing!
Since you've done all this sailing, I assume you've known about Abby's trip for months now, and probably been following her blog. So I'm wondering what sort of comments you made before she got into trouble.
ML/NJ