16-Year-Old Attempts Sailing Record

American Voices

January 27, 2010 | ISSUE 46•04

Abby Sunderland, 16, is attempting to set a world record by becoming the youngest person to sail alone around the world. What do you think?

Yeah, I just read about that in Horrible Parents magazine."

Emily Sawyer
Code Inspector
Well, I guess I'll tell my 17-year-old daughter who's sailing around the world that she's failed, yet again."

Aaron Brock
Systems Analyst
That's impressive, but remember, Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe more than 400 years ago in a small wooden ship filled with illiterate, foul-smelling Britons while wearing a stupid ruff around his neck."

Dean Enright
Unemployed

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