Abby Sunderland Quotes, Eight Quotes, Water Quotes

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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Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.

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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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All the ingenuity, all the high-tech gear, all the jury-rigging sometimes the sea would rip it all away until there was only you, the Creator, and His mercy.

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

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

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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. It was amazing to see all the support that he got from around the world and to see how everyone worked together to help make his dream reality. Watching him do this really made me believe that I could too.

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

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

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

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The seriousness of my situation started to sink in, and again I fought panic. I pushed it down, but it was harder this time, like my insides were an open can of shaken soda and I was trying to keep it from bubbling up out of the top.

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