Is this an expose from Whorealdo?
“Broke guy aims to become reality TV star.”
That’s the American spirit!
I’m scared of spiders. I can’t imagine being in the Indian Ocean with 30 foot waves crashing on me. The fact that she attempted this trip and withstood those conditions tells me she was ready, willing, and able. You know who is stupider than her? The three young adults who accidentally wondered into Iran while hiking in Iraq. That was stupid and reckless. And the two blogettes who wondered into North Korea while travelling in South Korea. They were pretty reckless too. We had to send an ex president over there to grovel for their release. That was worse than this young adventurer choosing to risk her life for something she believed in. Now if she had sailed in a flotilla towards Israel, I would call her stupid.
I think they should make a reality show starring Octomom, Balloon Boy’s family, and Sailboat Girl. Octo’s toddlers would look cute in little sailor outfits crewing the boat, and Balloon Boy Dad could strap a shark fin to his back and swim around it for added drama. Maybe Jerry Springer could be involved somehow.
Sample episode: The gang are sailing off the coast of Tasmania. Octo’s pregnant again (quads this time), and goes into labor on the boat. Captain Abby tries to get her to the mainland, but Balloon Boy snaps the rudder and a storm is brewing. Cameo by Levi Johnston as Octo’s baby daddy.
Episode 2: Unable to get to land, Captain Abby has to deliver the babies herself. She gets talked through the procedure by a Tasmanian doctor via radio, but crashing waves knock out the radio after the second birth and she has to handle the last two on her own. While she’s distracted, Balloon Boy misplaces one of the newborns, and everybody pitches in and hunts for it. Balloon Boy Dad finally repairs the boat with duct tape, and they make it to shore. Octomom meets Kevin Federline at the hospital and is pregnant again by the end of the episode.
It’s ‘Deadliest Catch’ meets ‘LOST’ meets ‘Cheaper By The Dozen.’
Broke?
How much was that boat worth?
Oooooh.
Can you believe it! This girl is sailing solo on open ocean waters and she probably doesn't even know how to put a condom on a cucumber.
ML/NJ
First it was the balloon boy.
Now it’s the buffoon girl...or is it the baboon girl?
First it was the balloon boy.
Now it’s the buffoon girl...or is it the baboon girl?
how ‘bout a reality show were we put a bunch of exploitative d-bag parents into an arena full of hungry lions?
Not a surprise. I knew that they were horrible once I found out she was 16 and sailing. Ridiculous!!!
In general I'm opposed to governments billing for rescues. I think the only result would be that people will get in trouble and not call for help.
I don't put this in the same category as Balloon Boy. That was a pure stunt founded on an outright lie. Here, this girl would really have accomplished a feat if she had made it.
i’d have done it without hesitation if i had had the boat.
Geez, I must be a really rotten father for letting my daughter ride her bike. Or her motorcycle, or her jet ski, snowmobile, or my boat.
I should just keep her inside, it seems fromt he sentiments raised on this subject here on FR.
Not happening, btw.
Yeah, we should lower our expectations for today’s teens. Being bold and responsible as a teen was something they only did in the 1700s and 1800s. Not now.
Stupid overachieving girl belongs in front of a Wii, not behind the helm of a sailboat.
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I thought it was too much when he put his son on a boat and pushed him out to sea last year, but a 16 year old girl, crossing the Atlantic alone...in winter? Ridiculous. Unforgivable.
I think I’d be more concerned about her being alone on a fishing boat with 16 French sailors ...
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If true ..... the father is not well!
I think Ms. Sunderland had no business being in those waters in the dead of winter, and that any competent team would not have attempted the passage.
Ms. Sunderland did not make that decision alone. At best, it was based on unfounded optimism, but more likely it was based on a too-aggressive attitude toward the trip, coupled with a severe underestimation of how badly the conditions could deteriorate. They may also have wanted to avoid "crushing" Ms. Sunderland's dream.
In any event, it was a foolish decision. The dream was crushed regardless, and she could easily have lost her life.
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I’m waiting for somebody to get to the bottom of the life insurance policy.