“Back when Farragut was sailing, 10 and 12 year olds were working 10 hour days too. There is no comparing the different generations of young people as it’s apples to oranges.”
Which is sort of the point, isn’t it? You want kids who can take control of their own lives, and can go on to accomplish things, you shouldn’t be following today’s model.
“Abby also had all the highest tech toys available to her which made up for any lack of skill. “
So your thought is that anyone could have sailed the world successfully with that boat? Technology makes difficult things possible, they don’t make them easy to do.
No. Child labor laws ended that.
So your thought is that anyone could have sailed the world successfully with that boat?
In 1968, with no sailing experience, he competed in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, aboard a 30ft yacht called Dytiscus retiring just past the Cape of Good Hope
He didn't have all that technology in 1968.