Abby 16, girl sailor...in trouble...

[amicus]

http://www.sevensidedcube.net/gener...date-youngest-sailor-missing-in-indian-ocean/

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Having rebuilt and sailed a 36 foot gaff rigged cutter myself, I have a deep concern for the safety of this young California girl who is attempting to be the first girl of her age to sail single-handed around the world.

The link above is the latest update on her situation and also provides reference material for further information.

It is a big ocean out there when you are all alone and my heart goes out to her along with wishes for her safety.

Amicus

 

[Dragonlipz]

http://www.sevensidedcube.net/gener...date-youngest-sailor-missing-in-indian-ocean/

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Having rebuilt and sailed a 36 foot gaff rigged cutter myself, I have a deep concern for the safety of this young California girl who is attempting to be the first girl of her age to sail single-handed around the world.

The link above is the latest update on her situation and also provides reference material for further information.

It is a big ocean out there when you are all alone and my heart goes out to her along with wishes for her safety.

Amicus

This is confusing: your 'heart' goes out to her?
Don't you really mean:
This is what happens to women when they abandon their role as daughter, wife, mother.....June Cleaver in general?
She should have stayed home: uneducated, barefoot, butt-nekkid, and pregnant.....
That's what you really meant to say.....So just say it.....
You don't give a fuck about this young girl......she's probably a liberal anyway......

 

[SeaCat]

I saw this.

She's in a truly nasty area, nothing around but open ocean. Even the shipping lanes aren't that close.

I'm hoping she's rescued but I honestly don't hold much hope for that happening.

Cat

 

[amicus]

]I saw this.

She's in a truly nasty area, nothing around but open ocean. Even the shipping lanes aren't that close.

I'm hoping she's rescued but I honestly don't hold much hope for that happening.[/I]
Cat

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500 miles from the nearest land, 400 miles from the nearest ship, 30 foot seas and two epirb's have been activated...the piece I saw said another emergency device which was programmed to activate after the boat was under water had not gone off so there is some hope the boat is still afloat and she is alive. They have aircraft searching, but the nearest vessel is over a days sail away.

I do have some hope for a rescue, she is an experienced sailor, her whole family is and she is well prepared.

One can hope...

Amicus

 

[SeaCat]

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500 miles from the nearest land, 400 miles from the nearest ship, 30 foot seas and two epirb's have been activated...the piece I saw said another emergency device which was programmed to activate after the boat was under water had not gone off so there is some hope the boat is still afloat and she is alive. They have aircraft searching, but the nearest vessel is over a days sail away.

I do have some hope for a rescue, she is an experienced sailor, her whole family is and she is well prepared.

One can hope...

Amicus

Having grown up on and around the waters I know how fast these things happen.

Spotting anything as small as a life raft in hundreds of square miles of waters is a challenge. Spotting something as small as a person in a survival suit in the same area is almost impossible.

The fact that the submergence beacon hasn't gone off is a good thing, and yet,,,,,,

I can only hope for her sake and for her families sake that she is found.

Cat

 

[amicus]

http://www.perthnow.com.au/

This is the latest update, six minutes ago, from Perth, Australia where an aircraft was sent to look for her.

As I recall there is about an 18 hour time difference between the West Coast, USA and Australia...so we might have some Ozzie's on board tonight....chime in if so?

amicus

edited to add: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/sol...nal-activated/comments-e6frg12c-1225878274560

There are 153 comments from around the world if anyone is interested...

 

[stephen55]

She's safe.

This was posted on her blog about 20 minutes ago.

We have just heard from the Australian Search and Rescue. The plane arrived on the scene moments ago. Wild Eyes is upright but her rigging is down. The weather conditions are abating. Radio communication was made and Abby reports that she is fine!

We don't know much else right now. The French fishing vessel that was diverted to her location will be there in a little over 24 hours. Where they will take her or how long it will take we don't know.

More updates as news comes in.

 

[amicus]

http://soloround.blogspot.com/

Wondeful news! She should have quite a story to rell her parents and the rest of the world...

Good on you, girl!

Amicus

 

[amicus]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/11/sailor-abby-sunderland-found-alive

An update from another source and a bit more background for those who may have an interest.



ami

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

You assholes are daft. What in Hell did anyone expect from a kid alone at sea? Her parents should be imprisoned.

 

[amicus]

You assholes are daft. What in Hell did anyone expect from a kid alone at sea? Her parents should be imprisoned.[/QUOTE]

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I suspect you are stirring the pot again James, although you are not the only one.

In the event your old eyes are too tired to read, she comes from a sailing family, her brother, at age 17, completed a circumnavigation and another young woman, age 17, also embarked upon a similar voyage.

There is another factor I offer for consideration: those who go down to the sea and face it alone, have a particular sense of life that is not suitable for all.

Although I have always been an atheist, alone on the ocean, at night, with the stars bigger than I had ever seen them and the rhythm and sounds of the ocean, I felt closer to the pulse of the Universe than at any time in my life.

The moon wasn't quite as big as the one in Joe and the Volcano, with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, but it was big enough to be most impressive.

I was a runaway and on my own at age 14, thus I do not begrudge this young lady or any young person who goes on a vision quest to discover their inner sanctums.

I don't accept a word you wrote as a true reflection of your feelings and thoughts, but you may find some self righteous protectors of the realm to agree with you.

I hope not.

Amicus

 

[Scoopie]

Hi Amicus,

I hear you, we have been following the drama and am over the moon that Amy is safe.. I live in South Africa and love sailing and the sea. On a personal note though she was very ill advised to sail in the South Indian Ocean in Winter. The conditions are at it's worst now, always big swells and winds. I hope others learn from her experience.

Happy Sailing,
Scoopie.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

AMICUS

Pish posh, she's 16 years old and incompetent, as evinced by her foundering. The legal issue is FAILURE TO PROTECT.

 

[amicus]

Hi Amicus,

I hear you, we have been following the drama and am over the moon that Amy is safe.. I live in South Africa and love sailing and the sea. On a personal note though she was very ill advised to sail in the South Indian Ocean in Winter. The conditions are at it's worst now, always big swells and winds. I hope others learn from her experience.

Happy Sailing,
Scoopie.[/QUOTE]

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Hello right back, Scoopie and welcome to the forum. The last South African I spoke with was back in the 1960's when I interviewed a very high government official from your country on my radio program in Hawaii...a very long time ago.

Do I recall correctly, TableTop and the Cape that provide some very trying wind and current conditions?

That was mentioned in one of the articles I read, winter in the Indian Ocean is not an opportune time to cross; I too, hope that others take heed and plan their voyages accordingly.

My sailing was limited to the Gulf Stream and the Islands in the Sun, the Bahama's, over 700 islands, if memory serves, but I didn't visit more than a few dozen.

A pleasure to make your acquaintance and I hope you can enjoy the forum, it is a bit dog eat dog here with no holds barred.

warmest regards...

Amicus

 

[ishtat]

Hi Amicus,

I hear you, we have been following the drama and am over the moon that Amy is safe.. I live in South Africa and love sailing and the sea. On a personal note though she was very ill advised to sail in the South Indian Ocean in Winter. The conditions are at it's worst now, always big swells and winds. I hope others learn from her experience.

Happy Sailing,
Scoopie.

An Australian girl also 16, Jessica Watson completed a circumnavigation about 1 month ago. I think it is a fantastic achievement and applaud the spirit of both young women. Taking calculated risk is part of being a fulfilled human being, however the Southern Ocean in winter is no place for any sailor, experienced or not. She was poorly advised about the timing of her trip.

In the past few years two French women and one British man have capsized or broken up in roughly the same area and been rescued. Where she is positioned is on or just beyond the absolute limit of search aircraft.

 

[Verdad]

There's also a Katie Spotz, who recently completed a solo row across the Atlantic, thus becoming, at age 22, the youngest person to do so. At first I thought Ami was talking about her, but she completed her endeavor back in March. Glad to hear this girl is safe.

 

[george51]

http://www.sevensidedcube.net/gener...date-youngest-sailor-missing-in-indian-ocean/

~~~

Having rebuilt and sailed a 36 foot gaff rigged cutter myself, I have a deep concern for the safety of this young California girl who is attempting to be the first girl of her age to sail single-handed around the world.

It is a big ocean out there when you are all alone and my heart goes out to her along with wishes for her safety.

Amicus

I spent years out there is vessels a whole lot bigger than that, and you are right. I can get rather nasty.

Good to see she was found all right.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

An Australian girl also 16, Jessica Watson completed a circumnavigation about 1 month ago. I think it is a fantastic achievement and applaud the spirit of both young women. Taking calculated risk is part of being a fulfilled human being, however the Southern Ocean in winter is no place for any sailor, experienced or not. She was poorly advised about the timing of her trip.

In the past few years two French women and one British man have capsized or broken up in roughly the same area and been rescued. Where she is positioned is on or just beyond the absolute limit of search aircraft.

Youre fucking insane. No 16 year old has any business out on the ocean....alone. What happened is proof of my assertion.

 

[TxRad]

Youre fucking insane. No 16 year old has any business out on the ocean....alone. What happened is proof of my assertion.

The fact that she lived through it proves you wrong.

You must have been very sheltered or not adventurous at all in your youth if you really believe what you wrote.

 

[PhaonsBrother]

There's being adventurous and then there's being a sixteen-year-old girl alone on a ship in the middle of a storm in the Indian Ocean... Storm 1, Youthful Exuberance 0. It smells of a publicity stunt anyway, this girl wanted fame and celebrity, same as every other teenage girl. She had a few more skills, but overall it still resembles a bad parenting decision. You can let your daughter sail on her own off the coast, maybe let her sail her yacht down to Baja and back to richie-richville, but this is plain old bad parenting. Haha, sail her state of the art yacht around the world.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

The fact that she lived through it proves you wrong.

You must have been very sheltered or not adventurous at all in your youth if you really believe what you wrote.

The old folks had no idea what I did after I lied my ass off about what I wuznt doing. I'll post a pic of me in my sailor suit.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

To Tex,

Best Wishes, Jaime Juanhigo

 

[TxRad]

To Tex,

Best Wishes, Jaime Juanhigo

Am I supposed to be impressed and what does this have to do with anything?

 

[Epmd607]

To Tex,

Best Wishes, Jaime Juanhigo

I saw this picture in a book about the Philadelphia Experiment.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Am I supposed to be impressed and what does this have to do with anything?

hELL! I'm betting youre sprung by the sailor suit.