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

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

Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.

One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.

It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don't want to put them in a position to fail.

The winds were blowing from west to east, pushing Abby's boat toward the rocks as Abby struggled with the autopilots below. If Wild Eyes reached those islands, she wouldn't run aground, keel in the sand. She would be smashed into pieces.

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