“But the more times she missed, the faster she’d be traveling when she finally slammed into the mast. And it wasn’t if she hit the mast; it was when. At that point, Abby would be either severely injured or dead.”

— Abby Sunderland

Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas (2011), p. 145

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