Reply #41: People are charged with child endangerment for leaving their kids home alone. [View All]

[denverbill]

Or leaving them in the car to run in to Walmart.

But it's ok to send a 16 year old girl on a solo round the world sailing trip?

Can you imagine what could happen if she fell into the hands of pirates in the Indian Ocean or near Somalia? If a boatload of sailors in a tanker can't hold them off, what chance does a 16 year old girl in a sailboat have?

To me, it's no different from letting a 16 year old try to set a record for jumping cars on a motor-cycle, ala Evil Kneival. It's a death-defying publicity stunt. The family will probably make millions from it.

I'm glad the girl is probably going to be ok, but to send your 16 year old daughter off alone in a sailboat to sail around the world is reckless endangerment in my book.