One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.
ABBY SUNDERLANDGoing up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor.
More Abby Sunderland Quotes
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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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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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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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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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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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When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.
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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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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
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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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The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.
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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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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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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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