Abby Sunderland left on her voyage on Jan. 23 from Marina del Rey, Calif., just months after her brother Zac returned from his own solo circumnavigation by sailboat at age 17. Abby ran into technical problems in April, forcing her to put her journey on hold while she repaired her boat. On May 15, a 16-year-old Australian girl set sailing record after circumnavigating 23,000 miles in 210 days. Although Sunderland was no longer a contender for the record, she decided to push on with her odyssey i

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