I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn't likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take weeks.

When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.

The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.

I will definitely attempt to sail around the world again. In fact, I can't wait for the chance to try again.

One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.

The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!

I'm one-hundred-fifty miles off Cape Horn, both autopilots are broken, and my boat is drifting toward one of the nastiest chunks of ocean on the face of the earth.