is missing.

Why do parents think its ok to let kids do shit like this?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/10/abby-sunderland-lost-16-y_n_607691.html

6/10/2010 4:16:16 PM

IBTPIRATES

6/10/2010 4:16:50 PM

ibthisthreadismissing

6/10/2010 4:17:08 PM

because she's probably annoying know it all and they figured its a good way to get the bitch out the house.

6/10/2010 4:17:13 PM

she undertook a large challenge

she might have failed and died in the process

it sucks but this is what happens when people try to accomplish outlandishly hard things

6/10/2010 4:18:34 PM

Or she faked her death so that she could begin life anew as the great white queen of the Somali pirates.

6/10/2010 4:18:53 PM

I wish I could sail around the world from my laptop

6/10/2010 4:19:48 PM

SHE'S NOT IN THE BALLOON SAILBOAT

6/10/2010 4:20:29 PM

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.
Marko: Good luck.

6/10/2010 4:24:08 PM

From her blog:

Quote :

"Abby has all of the equipment on board to survive a crisis situation like this. She has a dry suit, survival suit, life raft, and ditch bag with emergency supplies. If she can keep warm and hang on, help will be there as soon as possible. Wild Eyes is designed for travel in the Southern Ocean and is equipped with 5 air-tight bulkheads to keep her buoyant in the event of major hull damage. It is built to Category 0 standards and is designed to self-right in the event of capsize."

6/10/2010 4:37:24 PM

I've seen 16 year old girls drive. She was probably texting or trying to play some Katy Perry on her iPod.

6/10/2010 4:38:34 PM

That sucks

Quote :

"A 16-year-old Southern California girl attempting a solo sail around the world was feared in trouble Thursday in the frigid, heaving southern Indian Ocean after her emergency beacons began signaling and communication was lost."

Quote :

"Abby last communicated with her family at 4 a.m. PDT and reported 30-foot swells but was not in distress, Pinkston said. An hour later the family was notified that her emergency beacons had been activated, and there was no further communication. Pinkston said the beacons were manually activated. Her brother, Zac, who sailed around the world at age 17, told Los Angeles radio station KNX that Abby was in a heavy storm at the time she called home. "We're still trying to figure out the rescue situation," he said. "There's two boats headed out to her position, one is an estimated 40 hours, the other is 48. Right now we're trying to figure out if there is any way faster. She's in the middle of nowhere pretty much in the southern Indian Ocean. There's nothing closer.""

6/10/2010 4:38:41 PM

She's a goner.

6/10/2010 4:39:45 PM

I hope her family has to foot the bill for this.

6/10/2010 4:44:46 PM

They just did a story on her on 20/20 last Friday, I think. Kinda weird now that she's missing.....

6/10/2010 4:54:34 PM

they probably led the pirates right to her position!

6/10/2010 4:55:27 PM

Quote :

"Why do parents think its ok to let kids do shit like this?"

Quote :

"Abby's brother Zac, who graduated from high school, completed a solo-circumnavigation last summer at 17."

I guess they figured if the boy could do it, the girl might as well be given a shot. Equality and all that amirite?

[Edited on June 10, 2010 at 4:57 PM. Reason : -]

6/10/2010 4:57:11 PM

16 year old girl sailing part of the way around the world

6/10/2010 4:59:04 PM

6/10/2010 4:59:26 PM

brb, registering the movie rights to this:


Girl goes on a sail around the world, gets kidnapped by pirates who want to sell her in the human trafficking business, her father (Jason Statham? Liam Neeson? Mark Whalberg? Bruce Campbell?) buys a boat and starts scouring the oceans looking for the pirate scum who stole his little girl. Kills everyone, saves the day... May or may not die as a result.

6/10/2010 5:02:05 PM

joel and i have been back and forth on this via facebook all damned day.
in the end we concluded that letting your child go unsupervised into some of the worst seas anywhere is just negligent.

6/10/2010 5:02:49 PM

Nah, he's right. PROTECT YOUR KIDS FROM EVERYTHING, BECAUSE IF (GOD FORBID) THEY GET HURT, EVERYONE IS GOING TO THINK YOU'RE A TERRIBLE PARENT

6/10/2010 5:08:28 PM

^^^Mel Gibson. A little CGI and you don't even need to shoot new film.

6/10/2010 5:13:10 PM

Quote :

"Girl goes on a sail around the world, gets kidnapped by pirates who want to sell her in the human trafficking business, her father (Jason Statham? Liam Neeson? Mark Whalberg? Bruce Campbell?) buys a boat and starts scouring the oceans looking for the pirate scum who stole his little girl. Kills everyone, saves the day... May or may not die as a result."

This movie would own

6/10/2010 5:13:35 PM

sounds like Taken meets Captain Ron

6/10/2010 5:15:36 PM

Commando?

6/10/2010 5:21:17 PM

Quote :

"This movie would own"

i second the motion

6/10/2010 5:22:35 PM

Why didn't I think of it before?! KEVIN COSTNER







PS - It's Taken meets Man on Fire meets Waterworld

6/10/2010 5:36:02 PM

6/10/2010 5:52:54 PM

She ran into this guy.

6/10/2010 5:54:50 PM

Quote :

"Jason Statham? Liam Neeson? Mark Whalberg? Bruce Campbell?"

Harrison Ford

6/10/2010 6:01:00 PM

Get off my plane boat!

6/10/2010 6:02:09 PM

For the folks claiming parental negligence, consider the fact that she's been training practically from birth to do this. I hope she's safe and sound in her Gumby suit.

6/10/2010 6:04:37 PM

Quote :

"the beacons were manually activated."

I wonder how reliable this bit of info is

Some of the EPIRBs automatically are activated when they're tilted at a certain angle...in other words you install them completely vertical, and if the boat turns upside down, they will automatically activate

6/10/2010 6:08:47 PM

^ this was also in the article

Quote :

"He said Abby's boat was most likely not completely submerged because another beacon would be triggered at a depth of 15 feet."

I have no idea but I would guess that info is accurate. Her brother must know his shit.

There's an update: They sent a plane after her, supposed to be there in 4 hours.

Quote :

"an aircraft is expected to leave soon from Perth, Australia. It will take about four hours for the plane to reach the remote location between Africa and Australia."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/10/abby-sunderland-lost-16-y_n_607691.html

6/10/2010 6:20:37 PM

Ah thanks, I read a different article before clicking on this thread, and didn't read the link in the OP

6/10/2010 6:23:35 PM

I would assume a plane or helicopter would be the first course of action, but what do i know?

6/10/2010 6:27:39 PM

what can an airplane do anyway? use binoculars and see if shes on the boat? drop supplies? i dont understand how that helps besides confirming if shes alive or not... which a ship can do too, just a little slower.

6/10/2010 7:00:48 PM

6/10/2010 7:02:31 PM

wtg PackPrincess

6/10/2010 7:12:07 PM

They can drop a line and tow her back to safety.

6/10/2010 7:13:02 PM

6/10/2010 7:14:20 PM

i dont think a plane like that can make it to her location in 4 hours.. maybe im wrong

thats why i didnt assume it was a seaplane

6/10/2010 7:16:07 PM

Im not much of a sailor, hate jellyfish, salt, and boredom.

But in real sports this is called "parents forcing a kid to play a sport" when the kid burns out and just gives up.


I really doubt it's in anyone's DNA to want to do something that's already been done before just so they can attend better cocktail parties later in life.

I think people mistake "risky adrenaline fueled adventures" for legitimate accomplishments.

Just do drugs instead, you'll get a better high at a cheaper price without as much risk...

6/10/2010 7:22:31 PM

Quote :

"I've seen 16 year old girls drive. She was probably texting or trying to play some Katy Perry on her iPod."

LOL

6/10/2010 7:30:12 PM

6/10/2010 7:35:11 PM

they are probably texting eachother

6/10/2010 7:38:50 PM

Quote :

"what can an airplane do anyway? use binoculars and see if shes on the boat? drop supplies? i dont understand how that helps besides confirming if shes alive or not... which a ship can do too, just a little slower."

Ummm...you don't really understand the logistics of something like this. She's about 2 days away by a ship. Even if a ship is dispatched, they're going to send an aircraft out to locate. If they can't find anything by air, there's no sense in shipping out for 2 days to the middle of the ocean.

6/10/2010 7:42:47 PM

Stolen from Fark:

Abby Sunderland?

More like Sunderwater, amirite?

6/10/2010 8:52:38 PM

el oh el

6/10/2010 8:54:11 PM