Re: Sailing around the world
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:41 pm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... 924243.htm
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a better link
help on the water is a day away.
Solo teenage US sailor Abby Sunderland has been rescued from her battered yacht Wild Eyes.
The 16-year-old was taken aboard the fishing vessel Ile De La Reunion about 7.45pm (AEST) on Saturday.
Sunderland left Los Angeles on January 23 in the hope of becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo and unassisted.
She gave up that goal in April when her yacht needed to be repaired, but continued her journey anyway.
However, her yacht was damaged again in heavy seas, suffering a broken mast off Australia's west coast on Thursday.
Emergency services launched a search and rescue operation and she was located by air on Friday.
It remains unclear where she will be taken, but the Australian Maritime Safety Authority says the decision lies with the master of the 1295 ton Ile De La Reunion.
The vessel is registered in Port Aux Francais in the French-owned Kerguelen Islands, but is known to operate from Reunion Island.
yahoo7 Saturday 8pm AEST (australia)