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Some parents wont let their kids take the family (~18k) car out for a weekend...

Whens this chick turn 18, and hows she look? I feel like a trip to Cali to meet my future wife is in order!:D:D

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Why would they sink the boat?



Navigational hazard.



If its has hard to sink the boat as they made it sound, how are they going to do it?

Massive amounts of weight on it?



There are very few things in this life that simply can't be solved by the proper application of high explosives!
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Why would they sink the boat?



Navigational hazard.



If its has hard to sink the boat as they made it sound, how are they going to do it?

Massive amounts of weight on it?



There are very few things in this life that simply can't be solved by the proper application of high explosives!



Nope, not many at all, but I highly doubt (or would hope) that the ship that picked her up is lacking these explosives on board.
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Why would they sink the boat?



Navigational hazard.



If its has hard to sink the boat as they made it sound, how are they going to do it?

Massive amounts of weight on it?



There are very few things in this life that simply can't be solved by the proper application of high explosives!



Nope, not many at all, but I highly doubt (or would hope) that the ship that picked her up is lacking these explosives on board.



Its a French boat, of course there are high explosives, otherwise how else would the be able to surrender and scuttle their boat?
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Its a French boat, of course there are high explosives, otherwise how else would the be able to surrender and scuttle their boat?



BAM!:D:D:D:D:D:D

Well played, sir!
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Why would they sink the boat?



Navigational hazard.


If its has hard to sink the boat as they made it sound, how are they going to do it?

Massive amounts of weight on it?


There are very few things in this life that simply can't be solved by the proper application of high explosives!


Nope, not many at all, but I highly doubt (or would hope) that the ship that picked her up is lacking these explosives on board.


Its a French boat, of course there are high explosives, otherwise how else would the be able to surrender and scuttle their boat?


True... French Naval vessels are the only ones out there that have "ALL REVERSE - FLANK"

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They could just find an iceburg and pull the ol' titanic move on it?

I dont know if I would want to sink that puppy, sounds expensive!



About half a mil worth of expensive, yes, from what I've seen online for the class .... large sailboats (and especially open ocean racers) don't come cheap!



Race yachts have an extreme amout of depreciation. You can buy an IACC class boat (which costs on average of about 17 million to build) for about half a million, and sometimes even for $250,000.



A Clarke Open Class 40 without rigging or electronics goes new for 280,000 Euros. I don't know if the Open boats are more or less expensive than the Class boats.

I seem to recall mention in Abby's blog that her boat was about $350k, before the upgrades they did. I could be wrong on that, though.

A paypal account has been set up to try to raise money to tow the sailboat back to port, evidently.
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There are very few things in this life that simply can't be solved by the proper application of high explosives!



Not to mention the IMproper application of high explosives! ;)
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Whens this chick turn 18, and hows she look? I feel like a trip to Cali to meet my future wife is in order!



You got two years to join a reciprocal yacht club in your area, become a flag member and sail at her level. this one is going to be hard to impressB|
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Some parents wont let their kids take the family (~18k) car out for a weekend...

Whens this chick turn 18, and hows she look...




Maybe she'll decide to take up Skydiving when she turns 18? ;)

Maybe someone should send her a gift certificate for a Free First Jump Course, redeemable anytime after she turns 18? B|

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Not to mention the IMproper application of high explosives! ;)



P for plenty!

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A paypal account has been set up to try to raise money to tow the sailboat back to port, evidently.



Good luck with that one... they could afford the boat, they surely can afford to tow the motherfucker back to port.

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You got two years to join a reciprocal yacht club in your area, become a flag member and sail at her level. this one is going to be hard to impress



I dont think Iraq has a yacht club that I could join... so that might not be happening anytime soon. Tennesse doesnt either (that I know of).

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Maybe she'll decide to take up Skydiving when she turns 18?



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They could just find an iceburg and pull the ol' titanic move on it?

I dont know if I would want to sink that puppy, sounds expensive!



About half a mil worth of expensive, yes, from what I've seen online for the class .... large sailboats (and especially open ocean racers) don't come cheap!


Race yachts have an extreme amout of depreciation. You can buy an IACC class boat (which costs on average of about 17 million to build) for about half a million, and sometimes even for $250,000.


A Clarke Open Class 40 without rigging or electronics goes new for 280,000 Euros. I don't know if the Open boats are more or less expensive than the Class boats.

I seem to recall mention in Abby's blog that her boat was about $350k, before the upgrades they did. I could be wrong on that, though.

A paypal account has been set up to try to raise money to tow the sailboat back to port, evidently.


Owen Clark is a builder who builds Open 40's. There's also Roger's and Peterson's, ect. ect. When referencing class, it just means the builder with the word "class" added to it. It is still an ocean going sailboat that follows "Open 40" rules of construction.

280,000 euros it is. Double it up, and we may have the full price of the boat.:o
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280,000 euros it is. Double it up, and we may have the full price of the boat.:o



I did find this from a news story:

"The family had originally eyed an Open 40 in Nassau, Bahamas, but the boat in Portsmouth was closer to their price range. The Sunderlands have raised $150,000 in what the family is calling Project Global Breeze, and they stayed within budget on the purchase of Wild Eyes."

So, maybe the purchase and subsequent upgrades were 350K...still not exactly pocket change!
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I dont think Iraq has a yacht club that I could join...



What ju talkin about, Willis? The U.S. Navy has some pretty good "yachts" south of Basrah.:D:D

Not to worry, these type of personalities are not afraid of taking up skydiving.:)
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I dont think Iraq has a yacht club that I could join...



What ju talkin about, Willis? The U.S. Navy has some pretty good "yachts" south of Basrah.:D:D

Not to worry, these type of personalities are not afraid of taking up skydiving.:)


Yeah, Ive been to Basrah... didnt see a yacht club sign anywhere on the damn base!

Damn Navy holding out on the Army guys!:D
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I'm still impressed.



Indeed.

Did some more searching - evidently the "Open" boats allow exotic materials (titanium blocks, for example) and things like tilting keels.

"Class 40 should not be confused with Open 40, which is an unrestricted race boat type that allows for instance the use of canting keels and carbon fibre in hull and deck structure. At least initially it might be that Class 40 and Open 40 will co-exist in some events but few Open 40’s will be able to qualify and race in the same class as a Class 40. In time it is felt that Class 40 will become in the same way as the Mini Transat, by far the dominant offshore short-handed racing class in its length."
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Published June 12, 2010

American teenager Abby Sunderland vowed Saturday that she would attempt to sail solo round the world again, after her first try at the record was thwarted when she became stranded for two nights in rough Indian Ocean seas.

Sunderland was plucked from her damaged yacht by a French fishing vessel on Saturday, 2000 nautical miles from the western coast of Australia.

Her 40-foot sailboat Wild Eyes remains adrift.

The 16-year-old sailor was waiting to be evacuated since Friday, when Australian rescuers spotted her from the air and made radio contact.

"It's been a little bit crazy these past few days. Everything's happened pretty fast but I was really lucky that there was a boat that could come and get me where I was," Sunderland said, according to Australian broadcaster ABC.

"When stuff is going on out there you can't really get too scared about it -- I mean it doesn't really do any good."

When asked if she would sail again, she said: "I'm definitely going to sail around the world again, or at least give it another try.

"I don't know when I'll get another chance to do it.

"I've wanted to sail around the world for years and I definitely want to do it."

An Australian Maritime Safety Authority said Sunderland was likely to be transferred to one of two other ships steaming for the rescue site.

"Arrangements to land Ms Sunderland will now be negotiated with the three ships that have responded to the distress situation. One ship is bound for Australia and the other would likely return to its home port at La Reunion,'' the spokeswoman said.

From the U.S., Sunderland's parents responded to a wave of criticism for letting her attempt her treacherous solo round-the-world journey -- saying the family were "adventurers, not accountants."

Sunderland left Los Angeles on Jan. 23 in the hope of becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, attempting to better Australian Jessica Watson.

But she came to grief when her mast snapped and yacht rolled in atrocious weather conditions on Thursday

http://www.abbysunderland.com/

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From Sailing Anarchy:

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http://www.sailinganarchy.com/index_page1.php

Jeff Casher, technical support staff member for the Sunderland family, shows frustration in the face of unrelenting media pressure outside team HQ in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Abby Sunderland. Abby too shows some frustration in her latest update, writing "There are plenty of things people can think of to blame for my situation; my age, the time of year and many more. The truth is, I was in a storm and you don't sail through the Indian Ocean without getting in at least one storm."

Abby conveniently fails to mention that these kinds of storms happen roughly every 3-4 days in the Southern Ocean at this time of year, and that they are simply a part of the landscape at 41 degrees South. She seems either genuinely ignorant or just disdainful for the intelligence of her admittedly ignorant fan base when she next writes, "It wasn't the time of year it was just a Southern Ocean storm." Yet every single competent sailor that has passed through these parts would say just the opposite: This is a place you stay away from at this time of year - period - because even the most experienced is going to get the snot beaten out of them - at the minimum.

Sunderland is beginning to show the attitude that is going to force her transition from curious spectacle to genuine freak; she's defensive, inaccurate, and blaming the media instead of taking the responsibility on herself for what was undeniably her problem and no one else's. Abby was simply dismasted, not in peril of death. She had multiple EPIRBs, plenty of food and water, hell - she had a working engine and the rig still behind her, but made no effort to rescue herself, as any competent RTW sailor would. GRIBs indicate that she didn't even face anything like the kind of true Southern Ocean storms that have destroyed major ocean racing fleets - merely a nasty gale with an ugly cross sea - something that Abby clearly didn't know how to handle despite knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that she'd face exactly these conditions.

So she took her sails down, hunkered down below, and waited for the inevitable. And once it came, she pulled the ripcord, hunkered down below, and waited for rescue.

And now she hunkers down on a fishing boat, waits for her delivery to safety, while her parents wait for the book deals and the talk shows.

Get in on the forum topic right over here and let the Anarchists know what you think.

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Its a French boat, of course there are high explosives, otherwise how else would the be able to surrender and scuttle their boat?



BAM!:D:D:D:D:D:D

Well played, sir!
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