Quote:
Originally Posted by Nehkara
I have tried hard and I cannot find a case where a solo circumnavigation attempt resulted in death.
There are lots of articles about Abby Sunderland's rescue that say, "Others have died attempting this" but I cannot find any actual accounts of such. There was one incident where circumnavigator Edwin Arnold hit an iceberg in 2002 but he was uninjured and the boat suffered only minor damage... he continued and completed his circumnavigation.
|
You need to widen your search, I read a very good book about solo around the world yacht racing, its a French race (and predominantly a French 'discipline) held every year and regularly results in death, all long distance sailing has a huge risk of death below the roaring 40's.
Here's the problem I have with the parents, there is no way this is safe, regardless of age or experiance, it is always an immensly risky prospect with regular deaths of those who attempt it.
There is little that this lass will get out of this voyage she wouldn't have learnt from her already extensive sailing experiance, at 16 she should be in school, at 19 she can decide to take a year off and sail round the world and get what ever benefits this has to offer.
Of course at 19 she's just another sailor, not the youngest, so I suppose in the end it is just a stupid attempt to get a record and has nothing to do with the voyage or it's dubious 'benefits'.