Assuming a modern Miles Smeeton continues to say what he wrote in the Epilogue of his book "Once is Enough": "When a small yacht sets out on a long journey, it must be entirely self-reliant. There will be no help near when trouble strikes. If the ship is out only for adventure and sport it has no right to expect help, and it is just as well if it has no means of asking for it."

I suppose the media would have to question how responsible it was for the Smeetons to gamble their lives not once but twice while their daughter attended school in England.

That book is such a treat to read!