I will definitely attempt to sail around the world again. In fact, I can’t wait for the chance to try again.
ABBY SUNDERLANDOn 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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Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.
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Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.
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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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Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor.
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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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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 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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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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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 things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.
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The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
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I’m one-hundred-fifty miles off Cape Horn, both autopilots are broken, and my boat is drifting toward one of the nastiest chunks of ocean on the face of the earth.
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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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Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.
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