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06-12-2010, 12:18 PM
(June 10) -- Abby Sunderland, the 16-year-old American attempting to sail solo around the world, is feared lost after all contact with her boat ended while she was 400 miles off the coast of Madagascar.
Two emergency beacons from her boat have been activated, her father, Laurence Sunderland, told AOL News. The activation of one of those beacons normally means the sailor is in the water or in a lifeboat.
"We're in the middle of orchestrating a full-on search and rescue for Abigail," he said.
Abby set sail from California on Jan. 23, according to ABC News. On her blog, she said she has dreamed of sailing around the world by herself since she was 13.
"I'm happy to do it alone," she told ABC News after setting out.
In a Wednesday entry in her blog titled "A Rough Few Days," she describes high winds buffeting the boat and damaging her Internet connection.
"By midnight tonight I could have 35-50 knots with gusts to 60," she wrote. "I am off to sleep before it really picks up."
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/se...d/19511638
Two emergency beacons from her boat have been activated, her father, Laurence Sunderland, told AOL News. The activation of one of those beacons normally means the sailor is in the water or in a lifeboat.
"We're in the middle of orchestrating a full-on search and rescue for Abigail," he said.
Abby set sail from California on Jan. 23, according to ABC News. On her blog, she said she has dreamed of sailing around the world by herself since she was 13.
"I'm happy to do it alone," she told ABC News after setting out.
In a Wednesday entry in her blog titled "A Rough Few Days," she describes high winds buffeting the boat and damaging her Internet connection.
"By midnight tonight I could have 35-50 knots with gusts to 60," she wrote. "I am off to sleep before it really picks up."
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/se...d/19511638
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06-12-2010, 12:18 PM
Parents have to feel great now on their decision to let their daughter go unattended
06-12-2010, 02:23 PM
She was rescued yesterday, SD.
06-12-2010, 03:48 PM
TheRealVille Wrote:She was rescued yesterday, SD.
I was actually expecting the worst. Glad she's okay!
Do you know what happened to her? Was she caught in a storm?
06-12-2010, 03:58 PM
Deathstar 80 Wrote:I was actually expecting the worst. Glad she's okay!It sounds like she got caught in a storm, and it broke her sailing mast.
Do you know what happened to her? Was she caught in a storm?
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