[Thurston_Howell_III]

"about his family of daredevil kids weeks after she set off on her doomed and dangerous solo sail around the globe."

[James C. Bennett]

"... about his family of daredevil kids weeks after she set off on her doomed and dangerous solo sail around the globe."

What is being referred to, or implied?

The father's revealing of the signing of the contract to the press, or the actual signing of the contract itself?