At seven years old, Suzanne Heywood was living the life of a normal schoolgirl. She had friends, she had a family and she was living in England with her younger brother. Yet, her parents longed for a different life.

Promising the children a three-year trip, Suzanne and Jonathan were whisked away onto the family's yacht by their Captain Cook-obsessed parents.

What had started out as a three-year journey became a 10-year struggle, during which time both children were forced to live in the isolation of the boat.