Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.
ABBY SUNDERLANDIt was amazing to see all the support that he got from around the world and to see how everyone worked together to help make his dream reality. Watching him do this really made me believe that I could too.
More Abby Sunderland Quotes
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I will never forget the feeling of walking into my home, a place that while drifting helpless in the middle of the Indian Ocean I wondered if I would ever see again.
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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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It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don’t want to put them in a position to fail.
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But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.
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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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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.
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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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One place is the turbulent passage south of Cape Horn. Another is the dead center of the Indian Ocean.
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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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Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
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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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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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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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