Abby Sunderland rescue at hand, but questions remain unanswered

11:20 PM Fri 11 Jun 2010 GMT

'The Open 40 sailed by 16 year old Abby Sunderland was expected to experience winds of 60kts in the Southern Ocean winter' .

Help is due to reach embattled sailor Abby Sunderland, in the form of a French fishing boat named Ile De La Reunion, at about midnight (PDT) tonight. The 16-year-old adventurer, who had not been heard from for 20 hours after activating her emergency satellite beacons, but was found to be safe late Thursday night aboard her de-masted vessel, is not out of danger yet. Sunderland had hoped to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone. The crew aboard an Australian spotter plane that located her 40-foot cruising sled, Wild Eyes, as it floundered in the southern Indian ...

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by Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com