Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.
ABBY SUNDERLANDIf 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.
More Abby Sunderland Quotes
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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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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 terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.
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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 swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
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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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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
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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 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 am twelve thousand miles wiser, twelve thousand miles more resilient, and I have twelve thousand miles more faith in God.
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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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Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.
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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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One place is the turbulent passage south of Cape Horn. Another is the dead center of the Indian Ocean.
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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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