J J Lawrence

Uncharted Waters J J Lawrence

THE TRUE STORY OF APPRENTICE TEEN SAILORS SETTING OUT FOR THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME! A two-masted sailboat majestically glides past the town wharf. Friends, neighbors, parents and siblings avidly wave bon voyage to the newbie co-ed crew leaving the safety of home for a month-long round trip along the coast. This happy group of mariners is unaware of one wily crew member who detests being aboard the ship and is cunningly crafting a way home. The captain and chief inform the trainees that, except for command, all shipboard responsibilities are up to them and their newly elected boatswain. No one anticipates that Mother Nature will imperil these amateur sailors with the fiercest trial the sea can mete out. Eight high school students. Two adult instructors. One worn-out old training ship. Thirty days of sailing hundreds of miles. What could possibly go wrong? The story is true. Fictional characters re-enact several individual occurrences that happened over multiple sailing seasons to different non-fictional crews. The flavor of this coming-of-age adventure tale remains accurate as the characters confront the sea, the boat, the two adult instructors, each other and above all else, themselves. This good, clean, true-to-life chronicle uses action, humor, surprise and drama to drive an enlightening story that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the youthful characters as they sail away from adolescence headed towards adulthood.