“She was having trouble with the engine and had taken on some water but she felt upbeat,” said Ms. Pinkston, a spokesperson for the family. The family was alerted that two G.P.S. emergency beacons went off including one on the boat and one on Ms. Sunderland’s clothing.
Ms. Sunderland described her troubles in a blog posting on Wednesday reporting difficult seas and a torn sail.
“The wind is beginning to pick up,” she wrote. “It is back up to 20 knots and I am expecting that by midnight tonight I could have 35-50 knots with gusts to 60 so I am off to sleep before it really picks up.”
Her family is “100 percent focused on the rescue effort right now.”
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