Abby Sunderland, her critics and the pressures of sponsorship



11:12 PM Sun 13 Jun 2010 GMT
'Abby Sunderland - why did she take the difficult route?' .
Abby Sunderland, dismasted, her round world attempt foiled and her boat abandoned, is now headed for the French-owned Kerguelan Islands on a fishing boat that went out of their way to rescue her... But even before she has touched dry land, the inevitable controversy about her voyage - and future voyages by teenagers - has begun. A couple of months ago, in a piece about the teen solo circumnavigating sailors, who were then doing well in their respective oceans, I wrote: ...their critics, so loud previously, seem to have gone quiet. Quiet, not dead. It would probably take one tragedy ...


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by Nancy Knudsen





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