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The 16-year-old sailor from Thousand Oaks posted Saturday that she will pull into port in Cape Town, South Africa for repairs, ending her bid to sail around the world without stopping. It won't be the end of her solo circumnavigation, however. She says on her blog that "I gave it my best shot and made it almost half way around the world. I will definitely keep going, and whether or not I will make any more stops after this I don't know yet. I admit I was pretty upset at first, but there is no point in getting upset." A malfunctioning auto-pilot is the problem. She's still 10-14 days out of Cape Town.
On March 31, Sunderland sailed around Cape Horn at the tip of South America. She left Marina del Rey on Jan. 23.