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My Dad was 16 years old, carrying a BAR in Korea with the 5th regimental combat team.
The distinction between my father's service and this sailing trip is, in my mind, necessity. That girl didn't have/need to go sailing around the world.
I wouldn't blame a parent for having a child do a dangerous task when mandated. However, letting the kid go circumnavigate the globe, alone, in a sail boat, just to say she had done it, doesn't pass my personal smell test.
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