16 and Sailing Around the World

Zac Sunderland is only 16 but he's already setting out on the adventure of a lifetime: a round- the-world voyage aboard a miniscule 36-foot sail boat.

If he completes it, as hoped, in the next 12 to 18 months he'll be the youngest sailor ever to circumnavigate the globe alone.

Sunderland, who has had little sleep in the days leading up to his departure, speaks in low tones about the adventure he is about to embark upon.

"It's a lot of prep right now just getting everything ready," he said. "It's kind of crazy here. I don't know [how it will change me], it's going to be an amazing adventure. Life changes you as you move along through it."

You can follow his progress at his blog, www.zacsunderland.com.

Sunderland, the oldest of seven siblings, has spent his entire life around the water. His father, Laurence Sunderland, was a ship builder and now manages yachts. The elder Sunderland says he's more comfortable letting his oldest son sail around the world than he would be letting him do a cross-country drive.

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[ModBeatnikGirl]

Someone just disable comments. No one wants to read bullshit youtube fights.

[shotokan1968]

final note to all 3 of you "actually all the same person " i am not deleting any comments i have made , nor do i intend to feed your need for attention any longer ,.. no matter your true age , you have been proven a liar and immature in nature,..

and have gone way further then i had ever hoped in highlighting just why people under the age of 21 have little concept of right and wrong , or the ability to assess their own bs for what it is. lol have a nice life and i truly hope you find some sense

[shotokan1968]

p.s. bring it on , i got the truth and proof on my side,.. file whatever ya want, i'll either have you disbarred for filing false claims, or take whatever your 18 year old arse owns, or sue mom and dad in a counter claim for filing false claims against me and take their house and car and any stocks or bonds they might own,.. in other words ,.. you are playing a dangerous game if you knwo it or not. making false accusations of this nature is not petty.

[shotokan1968]

rolling on floor laughing at you , either your a 12 year old who lied and said you were 18 , or an 18 year old that lied and said you were a lawyer , or a lawyer that doesn't know the first thing about law,.. im not even sure who i should be laughing at this point ,.. but as a point to all of the above,.. you need to grow up a bit and learn how to tell the truth .

[MrMentalflossed]

@BlackMomLawyer really ,.. interesting , then as a real lawyer surely you know that her family is liable for her making false claims and filing false legal reports. as i said every correspondance from both/just one person is recorded in the youtube data files regardess of deletion by the user , and it is pretty obvious you are in fact the same person , or do i need to point out the creation date , time stamps , and fact you/her both in public and in private make false claims ya know are false.

[BlackMomLawyer]

@shotokan1968 I didn't delete any comments. Keep harassing people online, making up fake messages, and getting blocked by users. I'm not the first, neither is she, or the last. Go tell youtube because our IPs are not the same. You can't register in a certain country if you are not located there.

[shotokan1968]

@BlackMomLawyer no p[roblem , as you and her are the same person ,.. and in fact , i will report both account names now so they can link the 2 through the isp adress on the same pc you used to write both , snicker ,.. wow ,.. you just can't let go of your immaturity can you ,.. shrug,.. p.s. deleting comments doesnt take them off the youtube database btw,.. so it will do little good to do so in the future , for either this fake account or yourself

[shotokan1968]

@shotokan1968 ROFLMAO ,.. ok ya had me fooled for about a hot second , very immature of you to play these games misshannahjanel alt made up account. roflmao ,.. you just don't give up making a fool of yourself do you .

[shotokan1968]

@BlackMomLawyer LOL you are so reaching to justify nonesense , i wonder , are you only interested because of the financial situation ,.. you both are far to obvious in your motivations.

[shotokan1968]

@shotokan1968 really she calims to be 18 , and she claims that is an adult ,.. so what is your issue ,..

p.s. i do not have the abilty to edit saved emails on my account , nobody does,.. so take your ambulance chase elsewhere ,.. there was no hit and run ,.. except by her trying this stunt. immature she may be, but a child she is not.