The Fam Jam
Mum (Lyn)
The Commandant
Mum used to be a lawyer. Now she exercises her Type AAA tendencies on things like finding the perfect toilet brushes for the boat, and trying desperately to win arguments with a tween. The first one worked out okay, the second is a daily occurrence, and Lyn is not sure she’s winning.
Dad (Ian)
Skipper
Dad’s an accountant, and a rare one at that. He loves numbers. He also loves sailing, and anything Lyn cooks. He really loves drinking his first coffee of the day in the cockpit and watching the sun rise. In Lyn’s view, he completely underestimates the deliciousness of Tunisian carrots.
Kid #1 (Silas)
Dinghy pilot
Some kids learn to drive their first car at 14. Not Sisi. He learned to drive our dinghy. He loves zipping around in it. And once beat Nagambie back to the marina in the dinghy, just because he could. Sisi loves video games, chatting on discord with friends and all foods containing sugar. He’s super-helpful, except when he is tormenting his brother. Which, as I’ve told him many times, is not at all helpful.
Kid #2 (Cooper)
Deck hand, and hatch-crawler
CJ is our boy of big dreams, big hugs, big laughs, and big angry. He wears his heart on his sleeve and is always inquisitive. He’s super-affectionate, except when goaded by his brother. Then he’s super-mad. He loves tuna, liquorice, really super-clicky mice and whiz-bang keyboards. He doesn’t love when his mum is all cringey when she talks about the computer tech-thingamies that he likes. He is, instead, embarrassed. Imagine that. Best of all, he is still small enough to fit in one of the smaller hatches when we accidentally lock ourselves out of the boat.
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