Originally Posted by Mary
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I have been on the North Atlantic on 100 ft fishing vessels in BFT 11-12, and there is no way I would let my 13 year old (actually mine is 12...) take the chance of experiencing that! Even Bft 6-7 on the open ocean is very hairy in a 24 ft boat

Why would she have to experience that? Lots and lots of people are sailing around the world all the time, and they have absolutely no problem, because they can pick their weather and have no deadlines.

It's not like racing or commercial fishing or charters or boat deliveries, where you have deadlines and end up getting into trouble as a result.
Obviously you have never been out in the open ocean in a vessel small enough to really scare the crap out of you.

A 13 year old? Mary come on you honestly think a 13 year old child has the maturity of a mid-life crisis adult? How will a 5kt sh!t box outrun a hurricane that is trucking along at 15 to 20kts? Or a typhoon? How about when the cold fronts coming roaring down from the north and bring massive swells? Seriously think about it, the risks out number the gains.

Its a STUPID idea. Because of people like her parents we the folks who saves lives have to risk our own to make sure they are safe when crap hits the fan.

Last edited by Robi; 08/29/09 01:16 PM.