Abby Sunderland Short Quotes

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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.

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The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!

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The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.

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I saw the loose tiller jolt hard to the side as the boat began to spin.

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Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.

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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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Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor.

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The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.

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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there's a massive sense of accomplishment.

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Fifty feet of mast lay in the heaving water, downed lines and shrouds holding it there.

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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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It was like a horrible movie clip, only worse, because I could feel it—not just see it.

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Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.

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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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Even without looking I knew: there was no way I still had a mast. And without a mast, the trip was over.

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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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On October 19, 2009, my sixteenth birthday, Wild Eyes officially became mine! Now it was really happening.

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After the week of stormy weather, she set sail under sunny skies, on a glassy sea with a big swell running.

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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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When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.

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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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The only thing I knew to do was to pray. Lord, if I'm going to be rescued, I said out loud, please let me know.

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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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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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