French fishing vessel rescued a California teenager Saturday from her crippled sailboat in the turbulent southern Indian Ocean, bringing relief to her family but ending her around-the-world sailing effort.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority confirmed the rescue Saturday afternoon more than 2,000 miles from the western Australia coast, two days after the 16-year-old lost communications with her family and sent out a distress signal.
Her boat abandoned,
Sunderland will spend at least a week on a series of boats headed for …Â Details