I am twelve thousand miles wiser, twelve thousand miles more resilient, and I have twelve thousand miles more faith in God.

- Abby Sunderland

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 tr…

- Abby Sunderland

I was so thankful that my parents trusted me enough and had enough faith in my abilities to let me follow my passion and try to do something great, e…

- Abby Sunderland

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 …

- Abby Sunderland

But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version…

- Abby Sunderland

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

- Abby Sunderland

The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.

- Abby Sunderland

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…

- Abby Sunderland

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

- Abby Sunderland