But Mom, he got to sail around the world!

[poindexter]

Fishing boat Captain nearly drowned trying to rescue her:

The dramatic rescue of an American teen stranded in the freezing waters of the Indian Ocean almost claimed the life of the fishing-boat captain who scrambled to save her -- a death-defying detail the rescued girl didn't know hours after her rescue.

Paul Louis Le Moigne, who was at the helm of rescue ship Ile de la Reunion, was tossed into same vicious waters that crippled 16-year-old sailor Abby Sunderland's 40-foot vessel, the courageous captain told The Post.

"There were many waves, three to four meters [nine to 12 feet] high," Le Moigne said. "I was all the way in the water."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/abby_rescuer_saving_grace_tVrTeiy21D9i7X0trkUmNP#ixzz0qkXMpILr

But I'm sure this would have all been worth it either way.

Can this Sunderland family get their rocks off in ways that don't cost or endanger other people?

 

[YGBFKM]

Fishing boat Captain nearly drowned trying to rescue her:

The dramatic rescue of an American teen stranded in the freezing waters of the Indian Ocean almost claimed the life of the fishing-boat captain who scrambled to save her -- a death-defying detail the rescued girl didn't know hours after her rescue.

Paul Louis Le Moigne, who was at the helm of rescue ship Ile de la Reunion, was tossed into same vicious waters that crippled 16-year-old sailor Abby Sunderland's 40-foot vessel, the courageous captain told The Post.

"There were many waves, three to four meters [nine to 12 feet] high," Le Moigne said. "I was all the way in the water."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/abby_rescuer_saving_grace_tVrTeiy21D9i7X0trkUmNP#ixzz0qkXMpILr

But I'm sure this would have all been worth it either way.

Can this Sunderland family get their rocks off in ways that don't cost or endanger other people?

Hey, they're special!

 

[Care Bear]

Yep. YF's post demonstrates yet another reason why this was a shirtty idea.

 

[Double J]

I would like to suggest you all save some of your haughty scorn for the next time....

Sunderland is bruised and tired, but otherwise healthy, her parents said. She will arrive on Reunion Island, a French territory off Madagascar, in about a week -- and told the Australian interviewer that she's already looking forward to another round-the-world attempt.

.....but I think I'll do this instead.

 

[YGBFKM]

I like the phrase "haughty scorn." Think I'll co-opt it for future use.

 

[WriteThinking]

So an older, presumably more experienced sailor, on a presumably larger commercial fishing vessel, with a crew, and maybe with more/different equipment, is the one who gets tossed overboard, and nearly drowns, while trying to make a rescue in a by-then calmer sea in which reports said that the storms had finally abated...?

While a 16-year-old who's been sailing around the world for months, is presumably tired and has actually been through the worst of the storms in the area, has survived them, quite well, and is then just waiting, calmly, for someone to pick her up, and appears to be fine when they do...

I don't mean to belittle the fishing boat captain's rescue attempt, and I'm glad he's OK. But there is something almost comical-sounding about that.

I'd say it also says something good about Sunderland's sailing ability and the state of her vessel and its readiness for the trip. Apparently, only the broken mast derailed it.

Captain probably fell in the drink as a result of his own mistake/misjudgment, maybe while trying to do something that, perhaps, he should not have been trying to do, considering that Abby was apparently just sitting on her boat, waiting patiently for pickup.

 

[YankeeFan]

If she succeeds next time, I won't be impressed. She'll only be one for two.

Let her do it twice. Once she's two for three, then I'll give her credit.

 

[spnited]

I have enough haughty scorn to go around:

These parents a freaking MORONS if they let this kid do this again.
She could have freaking died at sea but they'll send her out there again ...IDIOTS.

 

[Care Bear]

Yeah, I don't get that. Wouldn't it be even MORE irresponsible for the parents to allow her to attempt this again? She almost died the first time. What the heck?

And I really don't feel "haughty scorn" is the emotion driving most posts. More like bewilderment.

 

[Double J]

Ah, if only the lottery numbers were as predictable.

 

[YankeeFan]

So an older, presumably more experienced sailor, on a presumably larger commercial fishing vessel, with a crew, and maybe with more/different equipment, is the one who gets tossed overboard, and nearly drowns, while trying to make a rescue in a by-then calmer sea in which reports said that the storms had finally abated...?

While a 16-year-old who's been sailing around the world for months, is presumably tired and has actually been through the worst of the storms in the area, has survived them, quite well, and is then just waiting, calmly, for someone to pick her up, and appears to be fine when they do.

I don't mean to belittle the fishing boat captain's rescue attempt, and I'm glad he's OK. But there is something almost a little comical-sounding about that.

I'd say it also says something good about Sunderland's sailing ability and the state of her vessel and its readiness for the trip. Apparently, only the broken mast derailed it.

Captain probably fell in the drink as a result of his own mistake/misjudgment, maybe while trying to do something that, perhaps, he should not have been trying to do, considering that Abby was apparently just sitting on her boat, waiting patiently for pickup.

Yeah, the Captain is an idiot. He probably falls overboard all of the time.

Rescuing stupid teenage girls is not in the guy's job description. It's not what he does on a regular basis and it's not what his boat is made for.

Transferring a passenger in open seas (to a presumably much bigger boat) is not an easy task.

Oh, and for everyone who keeps acting like she just got unlucky and her mast just "broke" is being disingenuous or ignorant.

High waves won't snap a mask. She likely forked up, resulting in her mast breaking.

 

[spnited]

Yeah, I don't get that. Wouldn't it be even MORE irresponsible for the parents to allow her to attempt this again? She almost died the first time. What the heck?

And I really don't feel "haughty scorn" is the emotion driving most posts. More like bewilderment.

But "haughty scorn" sounds so much better.