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Abby Sunderland rounds Cape Horn

abby-sunderland-face.jpgThe 16-year-old from Thousand Oaks who is sailing solo around the world blogged this afternoon that she has passed around the tip of South America, and believes she's the youngest to ever sail alone around Cape Horn. "I didn't get to see it as I was around 50-60 miles offshore when I went around. Even though I didn't get to see it, it's very exciting to finally be here!...Unfortunately, I wasn't able to hook up with my dad. The local sailors don't take sailing around here lightly and sailing out to sea nearly 100 miles to take my picture and say Hi didn't quite qualify I'm afraid." She's celebrating tonight by watching "Little Dorrit." Sunderland left Marina del Rey on January 23.

Somewhere, Magellan and Drake are toasting her.


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