I will definitely attempt to sail around the world again. In fact, I can't wait for the chance to try again.

Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.

The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!

The seriousness of my situation started to sink in, and again I fought panic. I pushed it down, but it was harder this time, like my insides were an open can of shaken soda and I was trying to keep it from bubbling up out of the top.

I had begun to think that dreams are meant to be no more than dreams and that in reality dreams don't come true. Then my brother (Zac) left on his trip. It was amazing to see all the support that he got from around the world and to see how everyone worked together to help make his dream reality. Watching him do this really made me believe that I could too.

In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.

On October 19, 2009, my sixteenth birthday, Wild Eyes officially became mine! Now it was really happening.