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Hello!!! We are the Swains.

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Hi, we are the Swains and we are going on a journey. We are taking our 47 foot sailboat, Flying Fish, out of it's home port, Wellfleet harbor, down the intercoastal waterway to Florida and the Bahamas. We are a family of five.     Our Mom is Sarah Swain, a super cool awesome musician who has her own band. Dad is Steve Swain, a metal sculptor and an ocean enthusiast. The little one is Stanley, a four year old, who dreams to be a ocean explorer. The middle child is Jessie, a ten year old, who wants to be a baker, marine biologist, and a shark hugger. And last but not least is me, Lucy, a 12 year old who has big plans of becoming a ocean activist and marine biologist.  Our family has always been interested in the ocean but we never thought that our whole lives would revolve around it. I thought that sharks were scary and did not have the least amount of interest in them. All of this changed when our dad signed us up for Gills Club, an education initiative wor