But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.

Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.

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

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

But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.

When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.

The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.