Leon wrote:
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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Kids that age also totally believe that they are invincible.
Suppose a hurricane blows through.... or pirates, they would have a
ball with her....literally, that is my problem..

How is that different from a young couple, an old man, or a middle
aged woman on the high seas? Most people on the ocean believe that
and pirates take on all comers, regardless of age or gender.


The older people should have a better understanding of the risks.

How does "better understanding of the risks" remove the risks? And how old
do you consider to be "old enough"? Hillary Clinton has a mighty ****load
of life experience but if she was in the middle of the ocean in a boat and
some gang of pirates decided to rape her exactly how would she use that
experience to protect herself?

But I really don't understand why people are on about rapists and murderers
and pirates. Pirates tend to work close to shore, not in the middle of the
Antarctic ocean. And if you were looking for a teenaged girl to rape and
murder where would you go, the middle of the ocean or the nearest mall?

The difference is maturity and over all knowledge.

Maturity and overall knowledge do not beat a faster boat and superior
firepower. The adult male crews of the various large ships that have been
taken by pirates in recent years seem to have been unable to apply that
"maturity and overall knowledge" in such a way as to prevent the piracy, so
it would seem to be a moot point.

Regardless of
experience in a particular field, age gives the advantage of "life in
general" experiences. With age comes better decisions, typically a
person does not become less experienced with life in general.

What do you bet that by the time they get home these two girls will have
more life experience than most people twice their age? How much "life
experience" would you consider to be the minimum before one is allowed by
you to go sailing?

All things being equal older more mature people have more life
experiences to help them make better decisions. They have more
information from repeated experiences to know what they are getting
into.

I see. So your average stockbroker from Omaha has had repeated experiences
crossing oceans on small sailing vessels?