Hi! I’m Alec. I am 15 and I have lived on the Shadowfox, for all but three months of my life. I like to read, play computer games, listen to music, and play assorted sports games. Most of all, though, I live for the moment. This trip comes at a bad time in my life. I am now in High School and this time is a high point in my social life. I am “kinda” excited about going and traveling to exotic places. I hope the trip will be fun. Read More of...

Hello! My name is Bridget Swirski. I would like to tell you some things about myself. I’m ten years old. I live on a 40 foot sailboat. I have three sisters and one brother. I love to play soccer, basketball, handball, and dodgeball. I also like swimming and sailing. My favorite color is blue. I absolutely LOVE dolphins!!! My favorite instruments are the clarinet, saxophone, synthesizer, harp, violin, French horn, and piano. In the next paragraph, you will be told...

Hi! I’m Caitlin Swirski and I live on a sailboat. I am 12 years old. I have three sisters and one brother. My boat is 40 feet long. I share a cabin with my little sister, Tracey. She is eight years old. I would like to tell you how I feel about going cruising. I’m very excited ! I can’t even describe it. I’ve been wanting to go on this trip ever since I was nine. I can’t wait to go to Mexico where it’s never cold and every day you can have as much fun...

My name is Meghan Swirski. I have three sisters and one brother. We live on a 40 foot sailboat. My favorite colors are burgundy and blue. I am 5’4″ and I have hazel eyes and brown hair. My favorite movie is The Little Mermaid. I like that movie because of Scuttle, the seagull. He’s really funny! I’m excited to go cruising because we have been planning this for so long, and now we are finally getting to go! So, that’s a little bit about...

Three years ago, as I approached my fortieth birthday, I found myself at a point in life at which I knew I was proceeding down an unhealthy, too stressful path. Being the mother of five children and working full-time was taking its toll on my body and psyche. I knew I truly enjoyed my career and, even though the children’s activities were by design limited to one sport at a time (which translates, still, into five teams!), I did not want to fulfill my imagined...

Hi! I am Tracey Swirski, the smallest in my family. I have lived on our boat my whole life, for eight years. I’m very excited about our trip. I know it is going to be very fun. My favorite places are going to probably be Poland and Disneyland. I want to go to Poland because I might meet some of my cousins. I want to go to Disneyland because of the rides and the...

After 14 years of living on our boat and a lifetime of planning, we set sail from San Francisco bound for Mexico on October 11, 1997. Our plan is the spend five months cruising Mexico and in March of 1998 sail across the Pacific to Australia. Our planned route is the Marquesas, Tuamotus’, Tahiti, Cooks’, Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia arriving in Brisbane, Australia in November of 1998. Our ultimate goal is to visit the Mediterranean and Europe where we...