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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7630824" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://yachtyakka.co.nz/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/48730448.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Abby Sunderland, 16, who is attempting to become the youngest sailor ever to circumnavigate the globe,  was feared lost at sea today after her crew lost contact with her boat. Jeff Casher, an engineer on Sunderland's support team, said two  emergency beacons on her boat are now signaling she is in trouble. Abby's mother, MaryAnne Sunderland, told ABC News that Abby manually  activated two beacons around 6 a.m. Pacific Time Thursday. A beacon designed to automatically go off when it contacts water had not  been activated, she said. Abby was in 20-25 foot waves at the time of last contact, with 35-knot  winds, said MaryAnne Sunderland, who is due to give birth at the end of  the month. She was shaken but focused on trying to get a rescue effort  together.   The closest land to Abby's boat was Reunion Island, which is east of Madagascar.  The nearest ship was 400 miles away. Rescuers were trying to contact  the ship.<img src="http://petethomas.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a77b966b970b0120a853d8f5970b-600wi" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://images.grindtv.com/images/1/00/29/47/86/294786_m500.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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