A group of people from diverse backgrounds share a common dream: to build their own yachts and sail the Pacific. When one of the group, a professional actress, lands the leading role in a major stage production, the others become involved too, and get hooked into theater life. Now they face a dilemma: how to reconcile the emotional pull of the stage with their desire to sail their own yachts.
Although fictional, much of the novel is set in an Auckland boatyard and a well-known professional theater.
This is a tale about not-quite-ordinary people realizing their ambition through friendship, courage and determination.