Kingkoopa
15 years ago
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/17943/emergency+rescue+effort+is+launched+for+teen+sailor+abby+sunderland/ 

A rescue effort has been launched in hope of finding Abby Sunderland, 16, who set off her emergency beacon locating devices from the southern Indian Ocean early this morning.

Sunderland, who had been attempting to sail around the world alone, endured multiple knockdowns in 60-knot winds Thursday before conditions briefly abated.

However, her parents lost satellite phone contact early this morning and an hour later were notified by the Australian Coast Guard that both of Sunderland's EPIRB satellite devices had been activated.

One is apparently is attached to a survival suit or a life raft and meant to be used when a person is in the water or aboard a life raft

Abby's father struggled with emotions and said he didn't know if his daughter was in a life raft or aboard the boat, or whether the boat was upside down.

"Everything seemed to be under control," Laurence Sunderland said. "But then our call dropped and a hour later the Coast Guard called."

Abby is hundreds of miles from land. The nearest ship was about 400 miles away. The rescue effort is being coordinated by the French-controlled Reunion Islands and Australia. Sunderland had been sailing in 50- to 60-foot seas and it was dark when the EPIRB devices were activated.

The Sunderlands are asking people to pray for their daughter, a high-school junior from Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Charlie Nobles, executive director of the American Sailing Assn., said, "We're all praying for her and our thoughts are with her. If she's got the survival suit, and she's got the EPIRB and she's in pretty good shape, she's just got to try to hang on. And when they get there, these guys... they're going to hopefully send the best that they've got to try to do a rescue and it's definitely possible. They're amazing people who do those rescues. They know exactly what they're heading into."

Nobles said a scenario whereby a sailor has to abandon ship might go like this: Water flooding the vessel automatically inflates the life raft, which is tethered to the sailboat. The sailor, if the sailboat is sinking, would grab the boat's EPIRB device and stuff it into a ditch kit, take the ditch kit and deploy and climb aboard the life raft. The sailor would only cut the tether if the sailboat is sinking, pulling down the lifeboat.

Abby was for several months one of two 16-year-olds attempting to sail around the world alone. Australia's Jessica Watson completed her journey last month, just days before turning 17.

Abby's brother Zac, who graduated from high school, completed a solo-circumnavigation last summer at 17.

The timing of Abby's trip was criticized by some because it was going to place her in the middle of the Indian Ocean when the stormy Southern Hemisphere winter was at hand.



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This is the same girl who was on ESPN a few weeks ago.
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Packerchick
15 years ago
Update: She has been found safe and sound.
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Cheesey
15 years ago
Cool. I'm glad she's ok.
I know that people do things "just to do them", but i don't understand putting your life at risk for the right to say "I did it".
Especially since it's your family that suffers if you are lost.
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TheEngineer
15 years ago
I think this whole underage sailing thing is getting out of hand.
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Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago
I wish I had had the opportunity to make my mark on history when I was this girl's age. I applaud her parents for letting her chase her dreams.

I do believe they should have to pony up the cash for the rescue effort, however.
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Wade
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15 years ago
I think the most amazing part of this story is the technology of communications. The fact that a single person "400 miles from the nearest ship" in the middle of an ocean can be found within hours, and at the same time people like us, thousands and thousands of miles away, can effectively follow the story in real time.

It's a small, small, small, small world.
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TheEngineer
15 years ago
http://www.news.com.au/world/teen-abby-sunderland-not-fit-to-handle-winter-seas-says-aussie-who-built-her-yacht/story-e6frfkyi-1225878649583 

Make of that what you will. I really hope they pursue this dream, not in the interests of making a quick buck and getting their name in the paper. The impression I get is that these sailors want to best each other by sailing around the world and breaking the age record.
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rabidgopher04
15 years ago

I think this whole underage sailing thing is getting out of hand.

"TheEngineer" wrote:



What is underage sailing? "Underage" implies there is a minimum age required to sail and AFAIK there is none.
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porky88
15 years ago

I wish I had had the opportunity to make my mark on history when I was this girl's age. I applaud her parents for letting her chase her dreams.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



Life is short. Might as well actually live why you're here.
Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago
Couldn't have said it any better myself.
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