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.
ABBY SUNDERLANDWhen a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.
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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
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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 things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.
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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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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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