13 yr old Dutch girl to sail the globe, maybe...

[OldSchool]

I'm goin to go with.....No way that a 13 year old girl needs to be sailing around the world solo. Make that no phucking way!!! Think that the Somalian pirates would leave her alone if they knew she was coming???

The only way that the Gov't should be involved is that they should lock up the greedy azz parents.

There's my 2 cents!!!!:cuss::cuss:

 

[rainmn]

My daughter is just about to turn 8, and there's no way I would let her do this at 13.

I understand and agree with the point of not holding your kids back, but being a parent comes with the responsibility of doing just that when it could mean saving their life.

In this case I see absolutely no way that the potential reward justifies the risk. There are just WAY too many ways this could go horribly wrong for that girl.

 

[clayinaustin]

there were moments, when my daughter was 13 that i 'wanted' to send her off to sea in a boat!!!!

Those moments passed and there is no way in hell that a 13 year old is mentally capable to handle that kind of experience!!!

+1

 

[X-Rated30]

I'm goin to go with.....No way that a 13 year old girl needs to be sailing around the world solo. Make that no phucking way!!! Think that the Somalian pirates would leave her alone if they knew she was coming???

The only way that the Gov't should be involved is that they should lock up the greedy azz parents.

There's my 2 cents!!!!:cuss::cuss:

Totally agree - I just read the story and figured there must be a thread on here about it. I was right.

I do have to qualify my answer, though - I would be totally in favor of letting her do it and not prosecuting the parents is if there was a fully equipped rescue boat off her stern at all times.

 

[OldSchool]

I do have to qualify my answer, though - I would be totally in favor of letting her do it and not prosecuting the parents is if there was a fully equipped rescue boat off her stern at all times.

That would change my mind as well...

 

[Audiofn]

Of course that would negate the "solo" part of the sail.

 

[tommymonza]

It was the Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone Audio. His name was Robin Lee Graham. This is the story that the love story book the Dove was about also National Geaographic covered his voyage for years eventaully buying him a newer larger boat as the 1st one was worn out.

Here is a pic of my copy i bought a few years back. I used to have it checked out from the library back in elementry school on a yearly basis.It is a really cool book . Its kind of written simple for kids but the many great pics in it make up for it.

 

[blackhawk]

She looks a lot more like Dave Mustaine than I expected.

LMAO!!!

Peace sells...but who's buying? :26:

 

[Ratickle]

Looks like she's gonna make it....

Teen may never go home after sailing round the world

Bad experiences with the government could keep Laura Dekker, 16, from the Netherlands


http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46073697/ns/today-today_people/


Dutch sailor Laura Dekker may not return home to the Netherlands after completing her voyage around the globe. Dekker, 16, wrote on her blog that she is on course to finish her journey Saturday, becoming the youngest person to accomplish the feat solo, but bad experiences with the Dutch government could keep her from returning to her mother country.

 

[Bobcat]

I wouldn't go back because of the Dutch Ovens

 

[Ratickle]

Well, she really made it. I wonder if they will do a movie after the book, or the other way around????

Dutch girl, 16, becomes youngest sailor to circumnavigate globe single-handed
Laura Dekker cheered into final harbour of St Maarten but may not return to Netherlands after government resistance to trip



http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jan/22/dutch-girl-16-circumnavigates-globe


One year and one day? I wonder if she'll ever be normal after that????