“”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!””
I followed her brother’s trip last year but had no idea she had started out on one of her own. I am amazed at her skill and courage. Her mother had said on one of the blogs that she had more solo sailing experience than Zac had when he started out.
AND now we have Geraldo weighing in tonight on O’Reilly, (I believe it was). He said he’d done the transworld “thing” in a boat 2 x the size of hers and he had a crew of 4 and sometimes 6 on his trip. Additionally he said, “The father is a kook. He homeschooled 7 children.” Boy! that sure is kooky, isn’t it? Also that she made the trip to get away from her father. No facts - just his twisted mind and opinions. I guess Geraldo doesn’t want to be shown up by a 16 year old girl who didn’t need a crew of 4 or 6 to help out.
I would be an absolute basket case if I had a daughter or a son who wanted to take on such a challenge but that’s the way those kids were raised and they are to be admired and respected for that - both parents and kids.
Sure hope she is going to be ok until the ships get there. Which should be soon as it’s already Saturday down there.
I just hope she survives and comes home to procreate and pop out about five kids with her intestinal fortitude...we need more of her DNA in the gene pool!
No wonder she knew how to read and do advanced math in order to navigate. Looks like her critical thinking skills were well honed too.
Do you think she will be, ot already is, a conservative???
I happened to catch Geraldo telling the Friends the same story this morning...how HE already sailed around the world. Then when the topic changed to the oil spill he went on and on about how HIS MOTHER lives on the Gulf Coast and the dolphins swim by and it’s so beautiful and they had the burial for HIS FATHER right there in that water, blah, blah. It’s always about Geraldo.