I’m one-hundred-fifty miles off Cape Horn, both autopilots … - Abby Sunderland

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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.

Abby Sunderland

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About Abby Sunderland

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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It was dark. Something had fallen on top of the cabin light, turning the cabin into a black tunnel. I couldn’t hear anything at all. The roll didn’t stop. It continued to port, and for just a few seconds I was sitting on the ceiling in the dark.

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

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