Maybe not...but there's no way she should have been *allowed* to go.
God Bless the entire family.
More like...God help the entire family.
She should have been forced to sit home by the fireplace and read the bible until mama could finally stomach cutting the cord and letting her precious baby take a risk.
#1 rule , especially for a 16 year old, you dont go sailing in winter in the southern hemisphere where every storm is taking a beeline directly at you and fighting you the whole way with seas regularly up to 40 ft and sometimes 50ft.. The southern hemisphere storm track is more dangerous with storms tracking for larger distances over open ocean than what we have in the Northern Hemisphere.
I can understand somewhat sailing around the world during the summer months down there, but Winter?....this father is a reckless fool...comments for the daughter are reserved for the father. From what I have read elsewhere Abby tried this trip earlier during the Southern Hemi. Summer and failed and the father bum rushed this for happening now.