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You are not a "Real 16 years Old Girl" unless you have sailed the Horn solo
notice that the non-real men on the shore were too afraid to go out and say hello. obviously they were not Catholic priests.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Cape Horn at Last I rounded Cape Horn today!!
I didn't get to see it as I was around 50-60 miles offshore when I went around. Even though I didn't get to see it, it's very exciting to finally be here! I've covered a lot of miles and have been through a lot, so finally getting here to Cape Horn is very exciting!! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to hook up with my dad. The local sailors don't take sailing around here lightly and sailing out to sea nearly 100 miles to take my picture and say Hi didn't quite qualify I'm afraid.
Cape Horn is considered by some the Mount Everest of sailing and I believe I am the youngest person to ever sail around it alone. Of course, there are sooo many people who have been such a big part of this. A big 'thanks' to my sponsors, my supporters and an even bigger thanks to my support team. Who knows where I would be with out you guys!
Today has been pretty nice. It has been cold, grey and raining but a nice 20 knots all day and some 15- 20 foot swells. The rolling around makes getting around the cabin pretty hard and painful but after one very flat night I actually missed the big swells and the thrill of surfing down them watching the speed gauge as it goes right on up to 15, 16 and 17 knots (17 knots is my record so far).
Being so close to shore I have seen a lot of ships on my radar recently. When my AIS alarm went off for the first time in months, I jumped out of my skin! It took a while for my heart to stop pounding but I'm beginning to get used to it again.
I am looking forward to getting further out to sea again. I'm celebrating with a movie tonight - Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit with my foot up on the table.
Abby
Posted by Abby Sunderland
at 4:30 PM
Originally posted by parkerjm:
I never realized how hard it was to become a 16 year old girl.
Yeah, the surgery alone is not exactly trivial
FNORD14. Wipe thine ass with what is written and grin like a ninny at what is Spoken. Take thine refuge with thine wine in the Nothing behind Everything, as you hurry along the Path.
THE PURPLE SAGE, HBT; The Book of Predictions, Chap. 19
Originally posted by puppy2u:
You are not a "Real 16 years Old Girl" unless you have sailed the Horn solo
I sincerely hope that she doesn't Real drowns at her "quest to become the youngest solo circumnavigator".
When she becomes The youngest Solo Champion in title, the challenging one will have 14 years old, 12 years old?
This is a disaster just waiting to happen. Then maybe their parents and supporters get satisfied.
We moved to DnD Sanctuary.Originally posted by Belfrager:
I don't think we have to worry about a slippery slope here... lolWhen she becomes The youngest Solo Champion in title, the challenging one will have 14 years old, 12 years old?
This is a disaster just waiting to happen. Then maybe their parents and supporters get satisfied.
This just in: 8 month old throws hat into the ring to become the youngest person.
Originally posted by Belfrager:
When she becomes The youngest Solo Champion in title, the challenging one will have 14 years old, 12 years old?
She already wanted to do it at 13 but the Dutch justice system kept her from it.