On October 19, 2009, my sixteenth birthday, Wild Eyes offic… - Abby Sunderland

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

Abby Sunderland

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Abigail Jillian "Abby" Sunderland (born October 19, 1993) is an American sailor who, in 2010, attempted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. She got stranded in the middle of the Indian Ocean at just 16, 2000 miles away from land, put up her distress signal, and lucky made it out alive, and is still living to this day.

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Alternative Names: Wild Eyes (sailing vessel) • Abigail Sunderland • Abby J. Sunderland • Abigail J. Sunderland • Abigail Jillian Sunderland • Abby Jillian Sunderland • Abigail Jillian "Abby" Sunderland

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

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

One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.

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

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