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Thanks davidpm for posting some excellent comments explaining the real issue. I'm not sure how many postings I've read here and elsewhere on this matter. Endless debates about whether she has enough experience, whether the boat is equipped properly, whether she handled the situation correctly. Let me say at the outset that I accept without question that she is a capable sailor who is probably as well prepared as any can be.
To me, none of that is relevant.
You see, to me, this isn't about Jessica, it is about the rest of us. WE create the market by following this stuff. Which brings the media and the sponsors crawling out from under their rocks. And where there's money, there'll be new attempts, as davidpm says. Youngest around the world solo at 16... nah.. already got a 13 year old wants to try. Why stop her? After all she's only a couple years younger. Why not 12? Or 10?
And kids will die.
So to me, there's a line that shouldn't be crossed. I've got absolutely NO objections to Jessica having the experience of her life doing this trip. I'll be out there cheering her on along with the rest of the crowd.
Just as long as she starts on her 18th birthday.
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