"As a child raised aboard—and as a father who raised a child aboard—I am deeply interested in boat kids. Melanie is among our best. She is not only wonderfully wacky, she tells the truth in large and small ways. I admire her—as a writer and human being. This is a delightful book... that only a boat kid could write!”
- Cap’n Fatty Goodlander, Author and Columnist,
Cruising World

“An inspiring and beautifully written true story of a young woman schooled in the sea.”
- Dan Wakefield, author of “New York in the Fifties”