Chris Halward

À la fin du XIXe siècle, à bord d'un navire reliant la Jamaïque à l'Angleterre, Olivia Harwood, récemment veuve, se charge de soigner plusieurs patients atteints de malaria, parmi lesquels se trouve Mark Bellis, un peintre mystérieux et tourmenté.

A demobbed serviceman finds that his village has fallen on hard times. With the help of family, friends and the villagers he enters his boat in a yacht race. Winning will mean orders for new boats and life for the village.