redheadedgal
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where does she make the comment about re-using pads?
They are attention seekers who don't seem to give a day about their children...NOR cleanliness.
Reusing sanitary pads? Nasty azz.
Thank Lilbet.I think Charlotte talked about rinsing out her menstrual cup, not pads. It makes sense on a boat, and they were trying to be "green". But the yuck quotient would depend on where she rinsed it.
Menstrual cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i agree with everything you said except one. I hope they never try this again. This couple, from their blog posts, message board posts, etc., appears far too arrogant and stubborn to be equipped for something like this. Again, for me it's not that they took children on an adventure. Instead, it's (as many others have said), that their arrogance made them believe that being ill-equipped and inexperienced didn't matter.
Reminds me of another infamous person's lovely online presence. Kate parker anyone?
Yes, it would be. But they do not appear to have learned the lesson at all.
This is an extremely arrogant couple. They appeared very ready to lambaste others for making the same mistakes they ultimately did (and worse), and skewering those who made polite suggestions to wait, and now are accusing everyone who has criticized their decision-making, as conformist idiots. I think that arrogance is the very reason for the trouble they got into.
To them:
1. No one dared tell them they were too inexperienced when it came to open ocean sailing, to try such a trip.
2. No one dared tell them they might consider postponing the trip until charlotte felt better.
3. No one dared tell them they might consider postponing the trip until their children were totally well and off medication.
4. No one dared tell them that their boat was not fit for such a voyage as it is prone to taking on water, and is very small for rough seas and a trip with two children and was jimmy rigged by the husband.
5. No one dared tell them they were ill-equipped for such a voyage, with a boat that had unsanitary conditions, without pot locks, without the size and safety mechanism built in to prevent small children from rolling into the ocean or getting tossed around by high waves, with only 30 gallons of gas, etc., etc.
Their extremely defensive and critical post-disaster comments evidence these people have not learned from this event and, coupled with their past displays of extreme arrogance, that they are unlikely to in the future.
If people want to risk their lives doing crazy things due to a deluded sense of grandeur, fine. But when they decide to take two babies along for the ride, it becomes everyone's business and it becomes very, very serious.
These people should never be allowed to take their children near a boat again, unless a professional is in charge and at the helm.
I can imagine how safe and easy that would be, to boil hot water on the stove, in a tiny boat, with no pot locks, that's rolling in seriously heavy seas.
oh,s he also had to wash out and reuse her sanitary pad as well. Ick.
I hated that ugly, uncomfortable life vest my parents made me wear!
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Yes, she really said that! And she told a negative commenter to go back to their couch! :banghead:
https://www.facebook.com/svrebelheart
They are responding to all criticism (the mean, nasty and caring concern) as an attack on their lifestyle. That way they can avoid considering that those of us who are supportive of their choice to raise their kids on a boat, might, just might, have legitimate concerns about the way they went about this particular trip. This isn't about lifestyle. This is about a poorly prepared boat and sailing crew combined with very young children who had been sick. Impatience trumped common sense, resulting in putting children and rescuers at risk. Period.
Rather than humbly acknowledging that fact and doing some specific thinking about what they can do differently next time, they have turned the criticism into an "us versus them" fight against an enemy society of "bubble-wrapped, couch potato conformists" who want to restrict their freedom. Their followers are egging them on, which shows what poor thinking skills many people have.
I repeat...This is not about the cruising with kids lifestyle. It is about the Kaufman's poor decisions in this situation, that they show no sign of ever acknowledging. Until they do, and make corrections, they have no business trying this again IMO.
Hubris sounds like the perfect name for their next boat - because you KNOW these two fools have to try it again just to prove all of us boring, boxed in, couch sitters wrong.
Getajob Meathead has a nice ring to it.
I think Charlotte talked about rinsing out her menstrual cup, not pads.
on march 22 she blogged about not feeling well and needing to change her pad...
Attention seekers they are! On their FB, there is a picture of the family in front of their car, on the back window is written "San Diego or bust"! The license plate is not on the car.
My opinions only!
At approximately 7 a.m. April 3, 2014, the command center in Alameda, Calif., was notified of a 1-year-old child aboard the sailing vessel Rebel Heart who was ill and required assistance. On watch receiving the call was the command duty officer, Lt. David Herndon. Herndon and his team asked the Rebel Heart a series of questions. While the conversation was simple, it was vital to the missions success; this conversation was the only time anyone spoke to the family before rescue assets arrived on scene.
It was a deteriorating situation, recalled Herndon. Not only was the 1-year-old seriously ill, the vessel had no communications, was disabled in 12-foot seas and had activated their EPIRB.
This case was very complex and lasted several days from start to finish, said Herndon. Not only were we in constant communications with California Air National Guard, U.S. Navy, Vandegrift and their respective chain of commands, but we also worked closely with Air Force and Coast Guard liaison officers in Mexico coordinating airspace entry for the 129th.
Here is an interesting article posted by a commenter on the Rebel Heart FB page. It contains details about how the rescue effort was coordinated.
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2014/04/shipmate-of-the-week-lt-david-herndon/
"Also remember that it is far, far more dangerous to drive every day on the freeway than it is to sail from San Diego to Mexico, or even around the world," Charlotte wrote.
http://www.abc57.com/video/National-Guard-rescues-family-stranded-at-sea-254245151.html
really?
on march 22 she blogged about not feeling well and needing to change her pad...
on march 22 she blogged about not feeling well and needing to change her pad...