Thanks. And I strongly recommend getting the sense of the ocean sailing community by reading the forum posts linked at 150 for a few pages. I learned about 20 new things there about the situation.
I used to rebuild small planes, help others build their own, and was a member of the EAA, also when I was young. I did meet men who flew their own dreams, and also who died flying them. I was 16 through 18 in those years.
There were those who second guessed everyone who died — it’s like the second guessing that goes on here. All you all think you know everything, but the pride in your own abilities deludes you. It was her choice, her family’s to some extent. And they succeeded!
Any landing you walk away from is a good landing.
She is walking!