http://abcnews.go.com/2020/abby-sunderland-possibly-lost-sea/story?id=10877108

Is anyone really surprised by this?

Watch the video attached to the story. These parents are freaking nuts!! Last week I saw this story and turned to my wife and said 'she's not going to make it'...

Prayers for the family

hope she's okay.

Gonna be honest... I don't feel bad for people when they do stupid things. No reason for someone to try to sail around the world alone, especially a kid.

... I also hope she's ok, but any fucking parents who let their 16 year old daughter do this should be fucking hung!

Fly4Fun;385802 wrote:Gonna be honest... I don't feel bad for people when they do stupid things. No reason for someone to try to sail around the world alone, especially a kid.

I wanted to say this, but was afraid people wouldn't take it well.

4cards;385806 wrote:... I also hope she's ok, but any fucking parents who let their 16 year old daughter do this should be fucking hung!

also I'm pretty sure her brother did the same thing at the same age.

I mean really, what family has yachts for every member of the family??

who the fuck would let their 16 year old daughter do this, what the fuck is wrong with people

j_crazy;385811 wrote:also I'm pretty sure her brother did the same thing at the same age.

I mean really, what family has yachts for every member of the family??

hes is a dude there is a difference

When the story first broke the 16 year old was going to even attempt this I just shook my head

Vander Sloot is clean on this one.

I blame pirates. They want some booty.

Fly4Fun;385802 wrote:Gonna be honest... I don't feel bad for people when they do stupid things. No reason for someone to try to sail around the world alone, especially a kid.

+100000000 Stupid parents.

what is the point of a support crew if they are not even remotely close by? the closest ship is 400 miles away. the rescue boats are 2 days away. who the fuck plans this shit?

Glory Days;385953 wrote:what is the point of a support crew if they are not even remotely close by? the closest ship is 400 miles away. the rescue boats are 2 days away. who the fuck plans this shit?

Another +1000000. Sounds like a bunch of rich stupid adults without any common sense at all.

Her brother held the world record for being the youngest person to make it around the world by boat. Then some 16-year-old chick from Australia broke that record. And now, in her attempt to break it, she possibly will get in the record books as "Youngest person to fuck up sailing around the world solo, becoming fish food in the process".

Probably not the greatest consolation prize, but that's the price of stupidity. Shit, when I was 16, my parents didn't even trust me with the family car without supervision (my mom cracked me up...you could tell she SO desperately wanted the same passenger seat brakes that Driver's Ed cars have)...allowing a kid that age to solo sail around the world is just insanity.

Parents should be arrested for child abuse.

Keebler;385944 wrote:I blame pirates. They want some booty.

ha!

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before she left, the guy asked her dad what he thought when she told him her plan. Dad says 'see ya later, haha.'

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/teen-attempts-solo-sail-world-10832512&tab=9482931&section=4765066&playlist=&page=1

Long interview with the parents, before and as she left. Ridiculous

wow thought i was the only one who felt like some of you did, while i hope shes okay and hasnt been taken captive by pirates. what parent would let their 16 y/o daughter sail around the world by herself.

just saw on sportscenter that she was found alive and well.

Glory Days;386426 wrote:just saw on sportscenter that she was found alive and well.

That's good news!

Apparently the mast is broken off on her boat.

Yep found alive
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/17960/abby+sunderland+is+alive+and+apparently+safe+aboard+her+damaged+sailboat/

still fucking stupid