Missing 16-year-old solo sailor Abby Sunderland found alive and well

It was a 16-year-old girl in California, trying to sail solo around the world found alive and in good health after searching in vain overnight in a remote area in the Indian Ocean.

Rescuers said her father, Abe contact Sunderland after the satellite was launched two emergency beacons on a 40ft yacht, eyes wild.

, "Said Laurence Sunderland rescuers on board the airline leased the Australian had made contacts with her earlier in the day and that she was alive.

"It's okay, and the ship on board the ships and it's on it," he told Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "It's huge, wonderful and exciting news."

Have lost their parents in the monastery of the satellite phone with them after it said it had repeatedly knocked down in the wind 60 knots and waves of 50 feet, about 2000 km east of Madagascar.

It is believed that one of the beacons have been installed on the survival and designed to fit was to be deducted by a person in the water or on the foundations of life. Have been activated manually each of the beacons. Rescue workers may seek to contact the nearest vessel at a distance of 400 miles.

Sunderland site on parents, Lawrence and Marianne, a message on the blog, saying their daughter when he last spoke to her was facing difficulties, but it seems that dealing.

"We help explore her drive her that she was trying to run systems to charge them. And a satellite receiver phone is incomplete, and we were able to get water from the engine start. Waiting to hear back from her when the U.S. search and rescue and called authorities to report received a signal from the emergency beacon to her, "they said. "We are working closely with the American, French and Australian Search and Rescue authorities to coordinate a number of ships in the region to be converted to her site."

But it is believed to be closer to the ship about two days away.

In the last published in her blog on Wednesday, described Sunderland permanent "a few days after Raw." "I've been in some bad weather for some time, with winds steady at 40-45 knots, with high wind," she said. She said the weather improved, but need to do some repair work on the sail before it was expected to worsen again.

The "managed to take him, care of the tear and get it back in a few hours, did not work the most fun you've done here. And a sailor still large, wild eyes rolling around like crazy," wrote.

Sunderland had, which sailed in January and more than half way on Monday, and told her that "dream" to sail around the world alone. Had to abandon its original orbiting the earth non-stop when it was forced to abandon their in South Africa in April after the failure of its automatic pilot.

Before detonating, there have been questions among some sailing in all parts of the world whether they are too small to make the journey alone. He also criticized the timing of it was crossing the Indian Ocean during the winter in the southern hemisphere storm.

He called TJ Simers, a columnist for sports reporter for the Los Angeles Times, and try to endanger "the child".

"I do not understand the idea of life risk, and this child will be there all by itself. Death and Ward. Inclement weather. Are you kidding me? Is responsible for this? It's serious," he wrote.

And refused and said she fears, but said it was aware of the risks. "I'm definitely nervous," said ABC before her trip. "But I understand the [Pacific] and I understand the seriousness of what I do is, I understand how careful I need to be there."

The young Australian, Jessica Watson, completed a solo voyage around the world in the last month, shortly before the birthday gala 17. Sail of Sunderland's brother, Zac, in all parts of the world in the last year alone, in 17.

Excerpts from the blog Abe Sunderland (soloround.blogspot.com), which she maintained a close voyage around the world solo

January 26, "I wish I could have written sooner, but as you know, in the first few days are very difficult to get out of."

April 18 "This ocean seems to be taking some time to cross, and when you get out of here and waiting for something day after day after day, and it takes longer than planned, it is difficult, but I'll be here at the end of the day and can be accessed to the ocean next! "

May 27: "I like to hit the mast and I love the high winds, but to reach the mast when it is pitch black, when it was gusting over 30 knots, and wave after wave broke over the boat all, Well, this is just a bit much."

June 7 Abe writes: "I'm ticking off the coast slowly but surely. The weather looks like it could rise significantly over the next few days. It can be up to the wind speed 60 knots, so I get all the things associated with down and ready for some wind significantly. "

Books fathers June 10 my father, saying: "My father had all this equipment on board the plane to survive in a crisis like this, and has a suit dry, commensurate with the survival of life, the foundations of life, and a bag trench with emergency supplies. If you are able to maintain warmth and steadfastness, and there will be a help as soon as possible.