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.
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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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 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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There are a number of places on marine charts where even the most weathered sailors point and say, “Right there, nothing can go wrong. Everything has to go right.”
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The seriousness of my situation started to sink in, and again I fought panic. I pushed it down, but it was harder this time, like my insides were an open can of shaken soda and I was trying to keep it from bubbling up out of the top.
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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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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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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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Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
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The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.
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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 open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.
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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
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The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
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