Quote:
Originally Posted by lporcano
So far the record for teenagers sailing around the world alone is still better than for people over 30. Of course it is a small sample size.
|
I would suggest that the reason for your statistic has more to do with the fact that teenagers are always held up to the international sailing fraternity as being somehow special and thus are better remembered.
There are hundreds of people over the age of thirty that are sailing single-handed voyages on any giving day and that's not counting professional sailors engaged in races and record breaking attempts (Vendee Globe, Around-Alone, etc).
I would be interested to see your list of teenagers that have done successful solo circumnavs. I can recall a handful (maybe two handfuls).
