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Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas Hardcover – April 11, 2011

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Abby Sutherland grew up sailing. Her father, Laurence, a shipwright, and her mother, Marianne, wanted their kids to develop responsibility, to see other cultures, to experience the world instead of watching it on TV. So they took them sailing down the coast of Mexico... for three years.
When Abby was thirteen, she began helping her father deliver boats and soon was sailing solo. She loved being on the open ocean, the spray in her face, the wind in her hair. She began to dream of sailing the world.
But fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have traveled into space. It is a challenge so immense that many have died trying, and all have been pushed beyond every physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual limit.
In Unsinkable, you will follow Abby into the depths through a gripping and evocative firsthand account that starts prior to her departure, travels through her daring (and sometimes near-death) encounters on the open sea, to her dramatic rescue in the remotest part of the Indian Ocean. Today, when the most productive thing a teenager may do is play videogames, Abby's courage and tenacity shows us all what can happen when we choose to challenge our own limits, embrace faith, and aim for what our critics say is impossible.
It was pitch-black out and whitewater was crashing over the boat. The wintry wind screamed across the deck, and I could tell it was now holding up near fifty knots. Imagine standing on the roof of a car that's driving down the freeway. That's how hard it was blowing.
At that moment, a huge gust hit the mainsail like a train. The boat heeled over to port as if a giant hand had smacked her down, and I tumbled over the top of the mainsail toward the water...
On January 23, 2010, sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland set sail from Marina del Rey, California, in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop, and unassisted around the world. Immediately, her trip sparked controversy. What was a girl her age doing undertaking such a voyage? What were her parents thinking?
Abby's critics predicted she'd make it a few weeks at most. But sailing south, she proved them wrong and became the youngest person to solo around Cape Horn, the "Mt. Everest of sailing." Crossing the Southern and Atlantic oceans, she battled vicious storms and equipment breakdowns?making one critical repair literally with a nail file and some line. Abby bested the wicked waters at the southern tip of Africa and then entered the Indian Ocean?all twenty-seven million square miles of it.
Even less than a hundred years ago, having your boat become disabled in the middle of the Indian's immense rolling reaches was as good as a death sentence. The odds are better now, but not much. It was here that Abby Sutherland encountered the violent storms that would test her mettle and her will to survive?and change her life forever.

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April 11, 2011
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Abby Sunderland is the second of eight children in a family of sailors and adventurers. In 2007, at age 13, Abby discovered her dream of sailing solo around the world and was inspired by her brother Zac's successful circumnavigation in 2009. Her own journey, in 2010, ended in the Indian Ocean when a rogue wave rolled her sailboat, Wild Eyes . Abby now shares her story of tenacity and courage to audiences everywhere.

Lynn Vincent is the New York Times best-selling writer ofHeaven Is for Real and Same Kind of Different As Me. The author or coauthor of ten books, Lynn has sold 12 million copies since 2006. She worked for eleven years as a writer and editor at the national news biweekly WORLD magazine and is a U.S. Navy veteran.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas Nelson; First American Edition. (April 11, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1400203082
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1400203086
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.26 x 0.87 x 9.25 inches

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2021

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During the summer of '09 I was invited to bid on a part of their project and got to meet Abby and her father in Newport, RI on the day they bought Wild Eyes. Abby was a very lovely young woman and I enjoyed a couple hours of conversation and a close look at her boat with her. Then, I didn't really follow her story very closely so reading this book brought me up to date. I am glad I did.

My quibble is that some technical sailor-stuff is wrong or awkwardly stated. Drop one star.

That aside, the story plays out pretty much as I would have expected. She is resourceful and bright. Had the boat not broken, she'd probably have made it around. Only a few sailors do and she could have been one. I did not read this story and think it was about some other young woman. It is her story.

When I was her age, I wanted to sail around the world alone. I didn't dare ask my parents. I had been raised as a home schooled sailing brat on the US East Coast and Bahamas. We shared some history. I envy her adventure. The chance to meet someone who was living my fantasy was powerful and I am glad I met Abby. Maybe I am not that brave?

Abby, I hope you are thriving in whatever you are doing now. I'd love to read about what you think about all of it now.

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sabreena lachlainn

A truly inspirational story about Faith.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 24, 2013

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Like Abby I too am a Born Again Christian and I have read all the negative comments and frankly I am sad and dismayed by them, everyone lays blame at the feet of her parents, more specifically her dad but God put this passion to do this in her heart, she felt a longing and urging to go out and make this attempt and even though it ended in the Indian Ocean with a rogue wave taking her and Wild Eyes out of commision, God tested her faith, tested her resolve and depsite all the setbacks he got her through it, I thought is was very telling when she said " Knowing what I know now even with everything that happened, I would do it again exactly the same way" that says a lot about her strength of her faith in God in knowing that no matter what he would not forsake her nor abandon her.
Abby is my inspiration and I too am preparing for my own attempt to circumnavigate the Globe because I too have been called to a higher purpose just as Abby was. Much like Tim Tebow my personal feeling is that the crticism leveled against Abby and her family is directly a result of her faith, of her acknowledgement of God and that makes so many people uncomfortable and so she gets ridiculed, yet what I find cruelly ironic is that had she succeeded no one have been bashing her, instead she would have been celebrated, its funny to me how faiure colors what people think of someone.....the crazy thing about Abby's journey was that she only had to get through the Indian Oean and the worst was behind her she was 2/3 of the way done with her trip when that wave took her out, had that not happened opinion of her would be drastically different, there was a reason she did not make it,God had a reason for this ending the way it did, he had a purpose for Abby and she was true to that purpose, no matter how anyone feels. To me she is to be admired for her faith in God, her belief that God would watch out for her, that he would get her safely home and that she would be a living testimony of his glory and power forever.

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G. Twomey

Unsinkable is Not Factual

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 26, 2011

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OK, so I just got through the Abby Sunderland book.
Its only 199 pages so its a quick read.

To understand this book, you really need to be a sailor,
otherwise you will be in the glossary for definitions and
information on what is being talked about all the time.

Background - I am an experienced sailor of about 30 years,
and also an electrical engineer with a good amount of experience
in marine electronics. I was an outside observer during the voyage
described in this book, and contacted the Sunderland family when it
became evident that they had serious technical problems.
Suggestions made for safety were ignored and the outcome
of systems failing (as described in the book) was the result.
I was NOT part of "Team Abby" as described in the book.

Lynn Vincent did the writing, she's a ghost writer
who is best known for writing Sarah Palin's books.
Ms. Vincent is actually a good writer and knows how
to put a story together. Factuality and accuracy
are another question. However, she can only write
about what she's told.

In quick summary:
The book is a mixture of fiction, fact and selective
storytelling. When I say "selective" a lot of
things that were "conveniently ignored" made the
story slanted away from all the dangerous stupidity
that occurred along the way.

This is not surprising, considering Facebook postings
and the blog associated with the voyage were rigidly censored
to remove the commentary coming from knowledgable sailors
who warned of issues that threatened
the safety of Abby Sunderland.

Considering members of the Sunderland family have been
called out on national television for being deceptive.
you can't really take anything for granted here.

Some interesting observations from my read:

Laurence Sunderland's ego is painted all over
the book. A number of places he is descrbed
as a "Veteran Shipwright" (P109 et. al.)
and lengthy descriptions of what magical
and wonderful things he did are included.
Most people in the sailing community would
consider a "shipwright" someone who designs and builds
boats. Not the case here.

Dangerous use of fuel - from the book
"putting several additional jury cans of fuel
aboard Wild Eyes as insurance" (p69) Pictures in the media
showed it was 19 or 22 Jerry cans in all the photos out there.
"Several" is ambiguous, "many" would be a lot
more accurate. This was considered to be a very dangerous act,
showing poor planning and preparation.

A half a page was given to quoting something
I wrote on a discussion forum on sailing
([...] anarchy.com) about the total dependence on
electronics and power consumption. (p80) The
book then states that I was wrong about this,
and that what they did fixed the problem. Not true.
The boat was running the alternator on a very regular
basis to recharge batteries: "this alternator belt
needed to be tightened about once a week" (p92)
So, P80, and P92 contradict each other, and present an
inconsistent story.

In the book, the cinematographer, Ted Caloroso gets thrown
under the bus (p51, p93-94) with
claims that he wanted Abby Sunderland to die so he could
do a story on it and make money off of it. Interesting lie.
I still have records from the time period showing that
Ted Caloroso, other members of Magnetic Entertainment, and
myself were trying to get them to shut the trip down
because the stopover in Cabo showed how poorly prepared
everything was.

There are many other places where the accuracy of the story
is questionable or deceptive. The factual content
won't stand up if it gets closely analyzed.

Lynn Vincent did a good writing job. Abby Sunderland survived
even though she had not been properly trained, the boat was
inappropriate, and not properly prepared.

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Lorna McNeil

Abby Sunderland is a remarkable young woman

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 17, 2013

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I love stories like this about parents who can see what their children are capable of and rather than shelter them to try and keep them safe allow them to utilize their knowledge and skills. There is no doubt this young woman had the knowledge and the personality to complete this voyage. I loved the story and as I am now beginning my own life of sailing adventures Abby's calm in the face of danger will be an inspiration to me! Thank you for sharing your story!

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