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.
ABBY SUNDERLANDI will definitely attempt to sail around the world again. In fact, I can’t wait for the chance to try again.
More Abby Sunderland Quotes
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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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On October 19, 2009, my sixteenth birthday, Wild Eyes officially became mine! Now it was really happening.
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When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.
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I was so thankful that my parents trusted me enough and had enough faith in my abilities to let me follow my passion and try to do something great, even if I might fail.
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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
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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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Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.
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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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Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.
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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.
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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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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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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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