singlehanders can do no wrong?

On a Facebook site recently a very large yacht was photographed hard aground. What was unusual was that everything was otherwise fine; sails neatly furled, anchor stowed, rig and hull all neat. The vessel looked well kept except that she was parked halfway up a rocky shore. A little odd. 
What was interesting was the outpouring of sympathy for the skipper. Some fool dared to question why the anchor had not been deployed, and got swamped by well wishers, pals of the skipper. Buy I was left wondering that there were many ways the beautiful sailing boat could have been, that hadn't been tried. 
Fastforward a day or so and a podcast I follow Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammel interviewed Ronnie Simpson. Ronnie had just been rescued from his around the world solo non-stop sail boat after she broke up. Throughout the discussion, Ronnie described how "worn out" his boat was from previous challenges and how, in Australia, he had doubted he could complete the voyage. 
I couldn't help thinking, whoa! You say your boat is not sound enough to sail around Cape Horn and decide to go because you're near the head of the fleet? I'm sorry but I can't agree this is good seamanship.
 

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