Sailboat Crew Jumps Ship Milliseconds Before Boat Hits Redondo Beach Pier (VIDEO)

They're lucking they weren't smashed on the pylons.

Via CNN on Twitter:

These crew members managed to jump ship just seconds before their sailboat crashed into a California pier https://t.co/LUVVGVySgZ pic.twitter.com/v9MCgwziGi

— CNN (@CNN) April 9, 2017

Why a 14-Year-Old Girl Decided to Sail Around the World Alone

From Sam Price-Waldman, at the Atlantic (via Instapundit):

The Atlantic: Why do you think [Laura] Dekker’s voyage has been such a polarizing subject? After she finished sailing, and with Maidentrip on the festival circuit, has the conversation changed?

Jillian Schlesinger: I think anytime a young person is doing something so far outside the realm of what is considered normal and conventionally accepted, it ruffles a lot of feathers. Some people applaud and stand up for it, others call it insane and irresponsible. Everyone brings their own experiences and values to considering it, however I noticed the more I read the more it seemed Laura's own voice was missing from the conversation about her voyage. Consequently, many opinions may have been formed without examining Laura's unique circumstances and worldview. The film allows people into an extraordinarily remote and unique world. It's hard to imagine being more at home and secure at sea than on land, but that is Laura's reality. I think having Laura's voice and perspective represented in the broader conversation about her story, free from the hyper-sensationalized media filter, has changed the conversation in many ways, especially challenging a lot of misguided, gender-biased language used to talk about her story early on. And now that the trip is in the past and she succeeded, that certainly changes things dramatically.

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The trailer's here: "Maidentrip (2014) Official Trailer - Laura Dekker - Dir. Jillian Schlesinger."