Quote Originally Posted by Kiwi Stoker View Post
As a New Zealander (the citizenship she is trying to get) I am really upset that she thinks our government and social agencies would be so stupid to allow her to do this.

The NZ government denied permission to a solo canoeist/kayaker who wanted to go around Antarctica on his own as the NZ government would have to pay to bail him out in a rescue mission if he departed from NZ shores.

It puts NZ in a bad light....
I wouldn't worry about that. It would be good for her to travel to NZ and than get a NO GO too.

And about all the gizmo's she has on board to get in touch with her parents... well sadly they have an OFF button.

So if the parents say: That's it. It's too dangerous, come home.
Our 'adult' teenager just has push the off button and do whatever she pleases. Every one with a teenager at home knows what I'm talking about.

She can be a heck of a good sailor, but don't tell me she already has the capability to assess people and danger for that matter. Kids take crazy risks all the time. They just don't see danger like we do.