^^^^^^ fell overboard....lolol....which is exactly what happened to the captain of the fishing boat, rescuing the young girl....
That would not have been much fun!
Hey guys,
anyone know why she actually set her epirb off and, why she abandon a perfectly good boat?
She lost her rig, so what?
Was there actually any structural damage to the boat, or was it sinking? I don't see why she couldn't set a jury rig up...
i heard that the motor died also.
being out in those seas with no way to manouvre a boat into or with the swell is a very dangerous situation.
mmm yeah, it will be interesting to hear a proper damage report. The Epirb is meant for immediate danger. I don't see how she was in any immediate danger if the hull was structually ok. Surely, she could have easily rigged up some kind of jury rig and sailed to an island when the weather cleared up. I can't ever remember yachties getting rescued and abandoning there boats because they were de-masted..
It is a polarising debate this one. I am glad Abbey is OK, and I am proud our government had such a quick and decisive role in her rescue.
It is funny how things work out, but I was OK with what Abbey was doing, but was against Jess. My reasons are purely one of safety, competancy and preparation and nothing about age. As I understand things Abbey is very experienced and has actually done a significant amount of solo open ocean work. Jess had not. In fact Jess had no real solo experience at all prior to the trip.
I will admit I know little about solo ocean voyages, and will also freely offer up that both girls have way more grit, determination and plain balls than I can lay claim to and as far as the individual girls go, they are way at the top of my respect list.
My misgivings about Jess (and mostly the people behind the trip) was not what she was trying to do, but that the supposed record and media aspects overshadowed and took precedence over ensuring adequate preparation and competancy was in place. I still believe she was ill prepared or practiced for the trip (a good boat, grit and determination only get you so far) and most experts agree she should have undertaken more preparation, even it it did mean a delay and loss of a media hook. Ironically if she wanted to do it all again I would now have no issue as she has that experience.
On reflection I suspect that even Abbey's team was afflicted with lack of judgement as well. Taking on the Southern Ocean in winter is obviously a big task, and after her delay in SA and subsequent loss of being able to claim a solo circumnavigation, you would have to question why she continued. Although stopping something like that once started would be hard. Perhaps media hype on the back of Jess's return forced bad calls in her camp as well.
