Abby Sunderland

Abigail " Abby " Sunderland (born 19 October 1993 in Thousand Oaks, California ) is an American sailor who in 2010 tried to finish the youngest man a Soloweltumseglung. As Sunderland on 31 March 2010 rounded Cape Horn, she was the youngest Soloseglerin that it ever did. Her brother Zac Sunderland was the first minors, who completed a circumnavigation of the globe.

Sunderland originally started on January 23, 2010, Marina del Rey, California with her ​​boat Wild Eyes, but had to stop in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She launched a renewed Umseglungsversuch on 6 February 2010 in which it solo, wanted to sail non-stop service and unaided to and from Cabo San Lucas. Problems with the autopilot forced Sunderland in Cape Town to stop to make repairs. Thus ended her attempt to circumnavigate the globe non-stop service. Nevertheless, they still had chances to become the youngest Weltumseglerin.

On June 10, 2010 when she sailed into heavy and windy waters in a remote area in the Indian Ocean, their sailboat lost its mast and they activated two alarm buoys so that a search was initiated. It was two days later rescued, almost five months after she was stabbed in Marina del Rey in the lake.

She has published plans to write a book about their journey and publish. After their rescue Sunderland said she wanted to make another attempt a circumnavigation.

Publications

• Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Sea, Publisher: Nelson / Word Publishing Group (12 April 2011), ISBN 1-4002-0308-2