The exploits of one class at Breaker High is presented, the unique aspect being that the high school is located on the Universe Explorer, a cruise ship which sails around the world providing the students with opportunities to experience the world first hand. The eight featured students, who become friends despite their differences, are: Alex Pineda, the jock; Ashley Dupree, the wealthy pampered southern beauty queen; Cassidy Cartwright, the popular one; Denise Williams, the feminist academic; Jimmy Farrell, the gluttonous doofus; Max Ballard, the angry loner; Sean Hanlon, the one always looking for the easy way especially to make money; and Tamira Goldstein, the naive innocent. All of them want to attend Breaker High, except for Max as he is divorced Captain Ballard's son, he sent there by his mother so that father and son can form a bond which doesn't exist at the beginning of the sailing, and as Max was getting into a bad crowd at home in Portland.