mohogony

They should now ban anyone under 16 from from sailing around the world solo or some 14 or 15 year old girl will now try to break her record and end up the bottom of Davy Jones locker.

ABCDiamond

You mean like the 14 year old Laura Dekker...

Deancm

Yeah right, get real. I give her full kudos for what she has done. It's her parents I am questioning. Or are you too blind to realise that.?

Well you do plenty of spounting off yourself.

Can you actually read or do you just read into things what you want to read into things? Obviously common sense isn't one of your strong points.

So are you a mindreader and psychologist all rolled into one now? You talk complete shit.

You can't be serious. If you are then you are very stupid.

And none of those things are exactly difficult if you have had the appropriate training.

That is yet to be seen. She only had her first taste of it yesterday.

Deancm

Who cares, I can't be bothered with this anymore.

norfolkpedlar

Well said Deancm but I suppose that Manc tosser will be hurling more abuse now!

ABCDiamond

Sounds a good idea

ABCDiamond

Maybe it'll calm down to common sense now

Wol

All credit to her on a personal basis - she's done what most of us wouldn't want to or be able to, regardless of her age. And despite the GPS, fax onboard, backup and all the support that people like Chichester didn't have.

Whether it's a good thing to allow her, or to make the fuss that they have, is another thing entirely.

I think *all* such attempts should have to deposit say $10m guarantee in a trust before setting out to pay back the taxpayer for the rescue if it all goes wrong. No-one's asking them to do it, and I don't see why we should pick up the tab to rescue anyone in that situation.

I was just saying to Mrs Wol "No doubt Kevin will pop up soon" - and b*gg*r me! there was Dear Leader onscreen having his photo opportunity!

BadgeIsBack

Have to be honest, I feel some of these sailors need to plan their own routes. And they do have the comms backup that Chicester et al did not have.

There's a now deceased Kiwi bloke called David Lewis, a sailor, adventurer, doctor, and Polynesian scholar who sailed around the southern ocean in Antarctic waters in the early 70s. Wrote a book called IceBird. (Here my senile memory fails me). He was having to star-sight etc.

As for rulings on younger juveniles - I reckon you can't do these things if you are under 14. I mean, in the UK, under that age, you can't be left at home on your own!

TiddlyPom

You don't make it clear in any of your posts.


Well I don't actually spount. I may however, spout.

No, you are right. I cannot read.



Well thank you Dean. You on the other hand talk 100% complete sense 0% of the time.

Funny isn't it, that you're the one reduced to name calling and personal insults. I think that shows the height of your intelligence.


THAT is the most stupid thing you've said for ages.
Priceless.

NigelWaring

Anyway I'm looking forward to her book being published, I hope it covers all the years of preparation that she went through as well as the actual voyage. I think it will be a real good read.

mr mover

What the fark have the MONKEES got to do with it............mm

Cheetah7

What has this young girl done that is so bad?

Im sorry but who gives a toss if other kids cant do it? We all do the best we can with what we are given and just because others are presented with better opportunities that doesnt mean we begrudge their success or happiness.

Personally it doesnt bother me that for every person that owns their own home there are even more that can't afford it, or perhaps that someone has the money to go to college to study what they want while others can only dream of it.

There will always be people more able to do something, there will always be people determined enough to realise their dream - so what? What the hell is wrong with being happy for them.

You dont have to have your kid achieve something like Jessica to be proud of them, but for the love of god can you not be pleased for this kid? And so what that Australia made a big deal of it, at least they recognised what she had done.

She hasnt assaulted anyone, she hasnt mugged anyone or hurt anyone, just because she has done something different that has attracted publicity- so what.

If your kid was that determined to do something similar and had the means/opportunity to do it, would you stop them because of other kids that couldnt do it? Will you stop your kid from going to Uni because of the kids that cant afford to go?

No, of course you wouldnt. There is nothing wrong with ambition, direction and dreams and there is certainly nothing wrong with pride either.

Jealousy however, now that is a different story because that is nothing to be proud of.

Hutch

http://www.smh.com.au/national/teen-...ml?autostart=1

Lord_Farquar

Has anyone checked she did actually sail around the world?