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| Teenager who left to sail around the world dies in accident | Teenager who left to sail around the world dies in accident |
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| A Denbighshire teenager who left Wales to sail around the world with her family 10 years ago has fallen to her death in Jamaica. | |
| Bethany Smith, 18, was working as a deckhand on a luxury schooner. | Bethany Smith, 18, was working as a deckhand on a luxury schooner. |
| She fell while working high up a mast of the 196 ft (60m) vessel Germania Nova which was berthed in the Jamaican town of Port Antonio, Portland. | She fell while working high up a mast of the 196 ft (60m) vessel Germania Nova which was berthed in the Jamaican town of Port Antonio, Portland. |
| Her mother Sarah is in Trinidad, whilst her father David is working in the Netherlands. | Her mother Sarah is in Trinidad, whilst her father David is working in the Netherlands. |
| The teenager spent her early years in Glyndyfrdwy, Corwen, but her parents set sail from Aberystwyth in April 2007 in their yacht "Cape" along with her younger brother Bryn. | |
| After spending three years cruising around the Mediterranean, the family sailed on to the Canary Islands and west Africa where they spent a further two years before crossing the Atlantic in March 2012. | After spending three years cruising around the Mediterranean, the family sailed on to the Canary Islands and west Africa where they spent a further two years before crossing the Atlantic in March 2012. |
| They have since toured the Caribbean islands extensively, writing about their travels online. | They have since toured the Caribbean islands extensively, writing about their travels online. |
| Writing in a blog last year, Ms Smith's mother said the family was delighted she had got a job as a trainee on the Germania Nova. | |
| She joined the crew of the schooner in February last year, later crossing the Atlantic on the vessel for the summer charter season in the Mediterranean. | She joined the crew of the schooner in February last year, later crossing the Atlantic on the vessel for the summer charter season in the Mediterranean. |
| Jamaican Police said Ms Smith was cleaning the schooner's mast on Tuesday afternoon when the ropes became undone and she fell on to the deck. | |
| She died later in hospital from multiple injuries. | She died later in hospital from multiple injuries. |
| A family friend who started a gofundme campaign to help the family meet the costs of the tragedy said Ms Smith would be remembered for being "a generous person and a ray of sunshine who brought laughter and music into the lives of those she met". | |
| The memorial fund has so far raised more than £6,183 (US $7,600) to help her family pay for the travel and funeral costs. | The memorial fund has so far raised more than £6,183 (US $7,600) to help her family pay for the travel and funeral costs. |
| Ms Smith wrote her own blog of her adventures called "Flutingtootingbethany" which talked of her passion for sailing, her experiences as a humanitarian worker in Dominica and her trips home to see family and friends in Wales. | |
| Foreign Office officials said: "We are in contact with the authorities in Jamaica following the death of a British national in Portland and are supporting their family at this very difficult time." | Foreign Office officials said: "We are in contact with the authorities in Jamaica following the death of a British national in Portland and are supporting their family at this very difficult time." |