Posted by letsbereal June 11, 2010 11:30pm PDTReply | Report Abuse

@ ronald mckenzie

My attitude has always been the same,
I prayed for Abby and her Family,

but i cannot condone what she did simply because she ignored the advise of those who were there for her safety and success. We surround our self's with experts when ever we set out on any Journey as dangerous as Sailing the Globe at 16. And when you simply ignore those who are trying to help you succeed at your dream there must be another reason beyond the dream?

Posted by letsbereal June 11, 2010 11:05pm PDTReply | Report Abuse

I do help our children every day i am a guidance counselor. And one of the most important lessens is to follow their dreams and work hard at achieving them ever when things fail, to learn from their failures. but i also teach them to learn from those around them. i would never encourage them to follow their dreams in the path of harms way. what all of you are missing is that Abby was not just crossing the street or going to school. she was going to circle the world!!! and she surrounded her self with expert advice in order to succeed at her dream. her mistake was to ignore the very ones that could help her succeed at her dream. and for that reason i can accept her choice as a wise choice. in the end she made a decision to leave port simply for the glory of a record and not the dream!!