With his retirement looming and the sea his only goal, Sam could finally buy a boat. He would combine his pension and his dream to sail around the world. But when he begins to troll through the boatyards and docks he begins to rethink his imagined future.

Perhaps his wish to disappear at sea is a result of his background of loss, for his past failures come roaring in upon him the more he tries to escape.

The boat life is not what he imagined, and he is once again casting around looking for another option. His life on the water leads him to others who live on the coast. Before long he is building a float home while attempting to fix the broken relationships in his life. Equally frightened by the world, Leen helps him lift the timbers and install the windows of this last chance at happiness.