yup..and you can’t tell me that her parents, who at least had age on their side, didn’t ‘encourage” her with her “free choice”.
“Hey Sweetie, are you sure you want to do this and go ahead?
Cause its ok if we lose all the sponsors and the money and are ashamed. Nobody in the family will be upset cause you couldn’t do this...never mind that we will be in debt or anything.”
Now they have no boat and probably no sponsors. But they have their daughter thanks to the goodness of others.