Abby is, flat out, a remarkable girl. She's sailing across the world! She's only 16 years old, but has the heart of a sturdy adult. I've been following her blog at www.luckykattv.com. Personally, I don't really care for all the awards and hoopla about her trip and her age, I just think the courage to go out and do it is in itself the true reward. Another young girl, Jessica Watson from Australia, recently returned from a similar voyage.
I was very discouraged to hear about the bad news today...but there is still hope. You see, her boat has more than 1 distress beacon. The second beacon activates when the boat goes more than 15 ft. underwater. As of now, that beacon has not gone off. So either she is still in her boat, but with the communication equipment down, or she is in a life raft. Whats tricky is that she is literally 400 miles from ANYTHING in between Africa and Australia.
I'm positive she's OK.
But let's keep our eyes and ears on the news and hope to hear some good news.
Years ago I read the book "Dove" about a similar feat and fell in love with the sport...too bad i'm in Kansas.
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