 In Part 2 of the book, the four Tillermans need to travel from Annapolis to Maryland's Eastern shore; two boys Tom and Jerry take them over on a sailboat, and this journey is pivotal for Dicey.Far from shore, when the wind is feeble, she is allowed to control the tiller, and at the trip's end, Jerry says "I've never seen anybody take to it like that" .In Dicey's Song, she is determined to fix an old boat she finds at Gram's farm, and continue to learn to sail.