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

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.

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

Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.

Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.

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

But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.