I think the Sunderland's newly appointed PR person will change this because if the weather isn't to blame what is? Incompetence? Lack of preparation? Lack of sailing skills? I've seen the concept "rogue wave" thrown around here by those who also proclaim her "sailing royalty". All waves in the Southern Ocean are "rogue".
On a more cheerful note:
What is diBenedetto up to recently?
Saturday June 12 th 2010
"This night there was a beautiful show for Alessandro given by the dolphins evolving among the plankton around the boat. Real acrobats! This morning a bench of tunas approached a little too near the boat , ar least for one of them. A beautiful specimen of 3 kg fished by Alessandro, cut into fillets, fried in a frying pan, with tomato sauce, parsley, a pinch of salt, (a line of "Sicilian" olive oil with pasta “al dente” obviously, without forgetting the coffee!"
He is currently off the coast of Mauritania and soon to be home! If we were all so "envious", why would we be cheering this guy or Jessica? It has nothing to do with envy, it has everything to do with sorrow that this girl didn't make it but it was doomed from the get-go.
it has everything to do with sorrow that this girl didn't make it but it was doomed from the get-go.
And absolute fright that anyone thought that it was a good idea. The sailing forum said she never even cleared her lifeboat, it was full of junk and the deck was littered. The term "everything is ship shape" came from the sailing community. Guess this little girl wasn't taught that.