I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn’t likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take weeks.
ABBY SUNDERLANDIn that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.
More Abby Sunderland Quotes
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One place is the turbulent passage south of Cape Horn. Another is the dead center of the Indian Ocean.
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On October 19, 2009, my sixteenth birthday, Wild Eyes officially became mine! Now it was really happening.
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All the ingenuity, all the high-tech gear, all the jury-rigging sometimes the sea would rip it all away until there was only you, the Creator, and His mercy.
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I am twelve thousand miles wiser, twelve thousand miles more resilient, and I have twelve thousand miles more faith in God.
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On June 10, the worst storm in the series swept across the middle of the Indian Ocean and Wild Eyes was directly in its path.
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Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.
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The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
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I will definitely attempt to sail around the world again. In fact, I can’t wait for the chance to try again.
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I had begun to think that dreams are meant to be no more than dreams and that in reality dreams don’t come true. Then my brother (Zac) left on his trip.
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If a big wave came at the wrong moment, it would sweep me off into forty-eight-degree water, where I might last twenty minutes. Drowning quickly might be better.
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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
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In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.
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Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.
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Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor.
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The winds were blowing from west to east, pushing Abby’s boat toward the rocks as Abby struggled with the autopilots below.
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