She Had The Whole Ocean To Steer In - So What Happened..?

[im]

...she bashed into a bloody great 63,000-tonne freighter.



"The whole incident gives me confidence - wow, I can actually handle this," she said.



http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Jessic...

[pokethepope]

"she crashed despite being in radio contact with the freighter" or words to that effect:

I know nothing about sailing, but i'm fairly sure the small, manouvreable boat is supposed to be the one that gets out the way.

[Fittster]

pokethepope said:

"she crashed despite being in radio contact with the freighter" or words to that effect:

I know nothing about sailing, but i'm fairly sure the small, manouvreable boat is supposed to be the one that gets out the way.

Power should give way to sail. I'm sure sailing geeks will give chapter and verse on the col regs shortly.

[MaxAndRuby]

Women - know your limits.