RE: “... she died so her parents could live the experience vicariously as being the parents of the youngest child ever to be sent out onto the ocean alone in a sailboat.......
Fame and fortune for the parents, despite the outcome of the now apparent tragic voyage........”
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Oh, so you KNOW these parents? You know what was in their minds as their daughter set out on this journey?
You know the girl, her experience, her level of maturity, her entire mindset about the trip?
You know that the the parents forced their daughter into this task, coerced her, goaded her? Really?
You think if she was not dedicated to completing the trip she would just have continued on, because mommy and daddy somehow forced her into it? Give me a break.
Yes, I do know these parents, the only reason they allowed their child to attempt this foolish quest was to get her name in the record book!
So tell me CaliforniaCon, how much seafaring knowledge can a 16 year old girl possibly have accumulated in her brief lifetime on this earth that would allow her to survive all the hostile weather conditions that this planet has to offer while on a 6 - 12 month sailing trip, alone in a sailboat?
Obviously not enough to have survived whatever just happened to her.........which just proved my point.
This is the dumbest decision a set of parents have ever made and now they are going to have to live with the knowledge that they and only they were responsible for sending their own daughter to her death.........
So what's up for next years record attempt, a 15 year old? And the year after that, a 14 year old?????????
And I assume you would approve of that stupidity also............