Re: Solo Cir***navigation

I've heard several times that the youngest person from Maine to command a 
square rig ****p around Cape Horn to California was only 16 or 17.  It was
a 
small ****p but he would have had to manage the crew as well as the 
navigation.

If you look at the web site, you'll see that this kid has more experience 
than many of the people in this newsgroup.  The lack of judgement
inherrent 
to the age should be the only thing working against him but that could get

him killed in a car a lot quicker.  Plenty of adults show poor judgement
on 
the water as well as in places like the White House.

He shoiuld have as good a chance as most who tackle this voyage.

The thing about the rudder "crumbling in the hands" of the person working
on 
it shortly before departure and its needing to be rebuilt did give me
pause 
though...

-- 
Roger Long