1 posted on
06/11/2010 6:01:22 PM PDT by
NoLibZone
To: NoLibZone
The roaring 40’s are what they are.
2 posted on
06/11/2010 6:06:22 PM PDT by
Paladin2
To: NoLibZone
![](http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/7012/wildeyes.jpg)
Wild Eyes dismasted in the Southern Indian Ocean Photo courtesy of Australian Search & Rescue
3 posted on
06/11/2010 6:11:06 PM PDT by
NoLibZone
(Liberals are right. The AZ situation is like Nazi Germany. Mexico is Germany and Arizona is Poland)
To: NoLibZone
This is great news—I hadn’t heard that she had been found. Our prayers have been answered.
4 posted on
06/11/2010 6:12:16 PM PDT by
basil
(It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
To: NoLibZone
"She was contacted by rescuers in a chartered Qantas Airbus A330 jet that made a 4,700-mile (7,600-kilometer) round trip from Perth to Sunderland's boat, which is near the limit of its range...The CROSS maritime rescue center on the island of Reunion, off Madagascar, said it had sent three boats in her direction."
A charter A330 and three boats. So how much did that cost for one stupid thrill-seeking teen and the parents who enable her.
I wish the Australian Coast Guard would put a lien on the Sunderland's house and other assets until they pay back every cent the cost of the rescue operation. Oh, I guess not, Nanny Down Under will take care of it:
"The Australian maritime authority did not say how much the rescue mission would cost but said it would not be seeking compensation for the search, which initially fell just outside of Australia's search and rescue region."
Why this family (or any other "adventurer") expects to be rescued on the public's dime when they choose to do risky and stupid things for no other reason than to gain fame for themselves and get in the record books is beyond me. Get insurance. Pay for a rescue boat to trail her. Whatever, just don't expect the government (especially a foreign government) to come save your butt when you do dumb things.
5 posted on
06/11/2010 6:13:37 PM PDT by
LonelyCon
To: NoLibZone
Maybe it’s just me, but she’s been sailing since January to do the around the world thing. She was well equipped and wanted to do it.
It sounds to me like the conditions she was in would probably have wrecked most boats, so hers must be a pretty sturdy one.
Her brother had already done it at the same age and there may have been some sibling rivalry as an incentive. Even so, I’m thinking - good for her. I wouldn’t have tried it, but I admire her for having the courage and the moxie to do so, and to continue on even when she knew she couldn’t get the record.
I’m guessing she’s gonna go places in her life.
6 posted on
06/11/2010 6:14:01 PM PDT by
Wicket
(God bless and protect our troops and God bless America)
To: NoLibZone
Abby's father:
"Sailing and life in general is dangerous. Teenagers drive cars. Does that mean teenagers shouldn't drive a car?" Laurence Sunderland told the AP. "I think people who hold that opinion have lost their zeal for life. They're living in a cotton-wool tunnel to make everything safe."
9 posted on
06/11/2010 6:19:19 PM PDT by
thecabal
(Destroy Progressivism)
To: NoLibZone
Recently there was a story about a boy who was put in foster care for about 2 years because his mother left him with his stepfather, who was not abusive (nor was the mother). The court considered him “abandoned.”
But these two can put their daughter in the middle of the ocean alone, and that’s ok.
To: NoLibZone
She’s just carrying on the great European-American lust for exploration and adventure....I applaud her for her determination and fortitude. What an incredible 16 year old...she could have been doing crack in South LA instead....you go girl!
To: NoLibZone
Oh, horse manure. I was brought up on sailing, and I was allowed to take chances. I haven’t sailed in the southern ocean, but I was allowed to go out and learn for myself how to get out of difficulties.
My uncle’s 50-foot sloop didn’t have safety rails, because it was his theory that people would be more careful if there was only a toe rail. That worked just fine.
I still do foredeck work in races, and I haven’t fallen overboard yet after 63 years at the helm or in the crew in all sorts of weather.
My cousin uses a sailboat to follow whales out at sea, and he’s been dismasted twice. It’s a nuisance, but it’s not really all that dangerous as long as the boat is sound and you know what you’re doing.
Obviously this young lady needed to be rescued, stuck in a dismasted boat many miles from anywhere, but it doesn’t sound as if she was in danger of dying. And she had the good sense to have a couple of radio beacons and make proper use of them.
People used to take chances in the old days, and I would guess that probably fewer of them were hurt back then than are damanged now by falling into drug use and other bad habits. You can’t live your whole life in a padded cell or a safety cage. Or at least I don’t think you should have to.
18 posted on
06/11/2010 6:33:18 PM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: NoLibZone
How many 16 yr olds killed while driving a car while she was sailing? Many
19 posted on
06/11/2010 6:33:40 PM PDT by
SoCalPol
(Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
To: NoLibZone
I am damed proud to see an American kid showing the true grit that we Americans are made of!
24 posted on
06/11/2010 6:46:05 PM PDT by
95B30
(Beer is proof that God loves us...)
To: NoLibZone
"many people"?
I'm reminded of this. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.T.R.
To: NoLibZone
The Monkey Collective doesn’t want any children getting the idea that they can do things like this...
34 posted on
06/11/2010 7:09:39 PM PDT by
an amused spectator
(Watching the MSM with Obama is like watching Joslyn James with Tiger Woods)
To: NoLibZone
Send the parents the bill, then charge them with child abuse.
35 posted on
06/11/2010 7:10:26 PM PDT by
bigbob
To: NoLibZone
Her parents are balloon boy idiots, nothing more nothing less, make them pay for all the expense of the rescue.
To: NoLibZone
Those critical just want this young lady to amount to something, like junior who is down in the basement playing Wii and daydreaming about starting a really awesome grunge band.
59 posted on
06/11/2010 7:37:27 PM PDT by
SpaceBar
To: NoLibZone
+1 for the sailing expedition.
In the greater context of things teenagers experience, this is not one situation that I frown upon.
If it were a young man, would the outcry be so paternalistic?
76 posted on
06/11/2010 8:08:15 PM PDT by
Gene Eric
(Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
To: NoLibZone
There sure are a lot of whiners about this kid ... LOL ...
130 posted on
06/11/2010 11:49:24 PM PDT by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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