[edited out dialog with a poster who's posts were deleted]...
Nope - I really don't care about the issue, other than being frustrated by continually hearing about these kids and their exploits, or attempted exploits at getting into a record book. I would tell these kids; "You wanna sail, go and sail. Come back and tell me where you've been. And don't ask me, or anyone else to pay for it." And to their sponsors; "I will not buy your products
because you have sponsored some foolhardy 'youngest sailor expedition,' but
despite it.
Ironic, but if Ms Dekker did not have the publicity /
PR / sponsorship machine behind her (
Team Laura Dekker?
), and, instead, had simply set sail, she would probably be doing it right now. She could then come home and give lectures, or write a book about it. Heck, I would even buy her a beer
- But, that would have to be in her country, and not the US. Because it's illegal for a 14 year old to procure or drink alcohol in the US.
'Scuse me, but now I have to go & unsubscribe again.