Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
ABBY SUNDERLANDThe swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
More Abby Sunderland Quotes
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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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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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I wanted to break the record, of course, and become the youngest person to sail around the world solo and unassisted.
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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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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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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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If Wild Eyes reached those islands, she wouldn’t run aground, keel in the sand. She would be smashed into pieces.
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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 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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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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On October 19, 2009, my sixteenth birthday, Wild Eyes officially became mine! Now it was really happening.
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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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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 swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
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