Self-reliant? Let's see. She needed sponsors to get the ship and fancy equipment. When caught in a typical storm in the Indian Ocean in winter, she and her parents needed someone to charter a Qantas Airbus to find her and 3 ships to change course to get to her. My. How self-reliant!
Talented? Yeah. She knew how to use the fancy technology that was given to her.
Unfortunately she and her parents didn't use the brains God gave them and she tried to sail the Indian Ocean in winter. Something knowledgeable sailors on FR have said is foolish and so has Ian Kiernan.
Yes... self reliant. Many ventures of this type and in business as well garner sponsorships... some succeed and some fail. That’s life. Of course you can just sit on the sidelines and be a part of the peanut gallery... seems like many here are pretty successful at that... congrats for some of the smarmiest comments I’ve seen on FR for a long time.