Teen to give up solo sailing dream
California's Abby Sunderland, 16, was attempting solo world sail
Last Updated: Friday, June 11, 2010 | 11:01 PM ET
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Abby Sunderland, 16, shown in January, looks out from her boat, Wild Eyes, as she sets off from the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, Calif. (Richard Hartog/Associated Press)A 16-year-old California girl who is adrift on her damaged yacht in the Indian Ocean will probably give up on her dream of sailing around the world alone.
Jeff Casher, the spokesman for Abby Sunderland's family, said Friday the teen's boat is severely damaged and might be sunk at sea instead of being towed ashore and salvaged.
Rescuers are en route to her location and hope to reach her between midnight and 12:30 a.m. PT on Saturday.
On Wednesday, Sunderland wrote a blog entry about the rough weather, saying "Wild Eyes was rolling around like crazy" in the huge seas and she triggered her emergency beacons.
Searchers aboard a Qantas Airbus A330 spotted the teen's boat and made contact with her via radio about 20 hours later, family spokesman William Bennett said.
Sunderland had set sail from Los Angeles County's Marina del Rey on Jan. 23 in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone without stopping. Her brother Zac briefly held the record at age 17.
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