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Teen to give up solo sailing dream
nom=de=plume wrote:
"Moose" wrote in message
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"YukonBound" wrote in message
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"Canuck57" wrote in message
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I hope Abby changes her mind.
October, she can beat that. Perhaps ABC, CBS, MSNBC etc can pool
up some millions and give her another shot. One with a decent mast.
Even if it doesn't cook a record, a once in a lifetime opportunity...
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/0...0 4:b34826062
A 16-year-old California girl who is adrift on her damaged yacht in
the Indian Ocean will probably give up on her dream of sailing
around the world alone.
Jeff Casher, the spokesman for Abby Sunderland's family, said
Friday the teen's boat is severely damaged and might be sunk at sea
instead of being towed ashore and salvaged.
Rescuers are en route to her location and hope to reach her between
midnight and 12:30 a.m. PT on Saturday.
On Wednesday, Sunderland wrote a blog entry about the rough
weather, saying "Wild Eyes was rolling around like crazy" in the
huge seas and she triggered her emergency beacons.
Searchers aboard a Qantas Airbus A330 spotted the teen's boat and
made contact with her via radio about 20 hours later, family
spokesman William Bennett said.
Sunderland had set sail from Los Angeles County's Marina del Rey on
Jan. 23 in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail around
the world alone without stopping. Her brother Zac briefly held the
record at age 17.
Read mo
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/0...#ixzz0qfL9u3o4
Sure.... keep tossing her out there until she is killed.
Or, if she does set the record, you can send a thirteen year old to
beat it next year.
Let's get EM to do it.
Certainly you and Nucknuck are incapable. Oh, I was talking about
sailing....
Say what?
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