Annie Brennan, known in Secoma as one of
the best skippers in the Pacific Northwest, finds her boat
Narcissus frequently outmaneuvered by rival Red Severn.
Her son Alec adores his mother and wants to quit school to take care
of her, convinced that his alcoholic father Terry can't.
Annie, however, loves Terry, and although they frequently fight, she
thinks that when sober he is the finest man in the world.
Schooling and hard work later enable
Alec to become the youngest ship's master on the Pacific Coast.
He works for a company now owned by Severn, and he and Severn's
daughter Pat plan to marry. Annie and Terry are delighted, but
Terry's happiness over Alec still cannot keep him away from
drinking. When Alec helps his father get a job with Severn,
Terry loses it when he drunkenly corners Severn in his office.
Convinced that Terry will never change,
Alec begs his mother to leave her husband and allow him to take care
of her, but she refuses. Forcing her to choose between them,
Alec leaves when she says that she must stay with Terry. A
short time later, Terry's negligence results in an accident that
causes them to lose ownership of the Narcissus. They
then find themselves sailing her as a garbage scow under someone
else's ownership.
Several months later, Alec still refuses
to see his parents, even though Pat tries to bring them together.
When his ship, the Glacier Queen , is endangered by a large
storm, Annie and Terry go to its rescue. Although the boilers
on the Narcisssus are at the breaking point, Terry fixes them
in time to save both ships, but, in doing so, is seriously burned.
While he is recovering from his burns,
Terry promises once again to give up drinking. Although she
knows better, Annie is happy to have her family together again and
to have the whole world know what a fine man Terry is.
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