Leonora Biddulph or Caroline Maudslay? The time has come for James to make his decision.

When a ship strikes an iceberg, Captain Baines is not picked up with the survivors. James, determined that Baines is still alive, sets himself the seemingly impossible task of finding him...

James and Captain Fogarty race their ships to Boston, the winner to secure a tea contract. Why are both men so convinced that they will win?

Captain Baines is troubled to learn that James is tiring of the sea and is thinking of selling his ships. But Baines's troubles really begin when James asks him to navigate a West African river ...

A remarkably debonair James imparts some surprising news to his sister, Elizabeth. He is to make a proposal of marriage...

In a race against time, James takes two ships to the Baltic for cargoes of pit wood. When one of the ships is caught in the ice, James challenges Captain Fogarty: -how will he choose to die - by ice or by fire?

Captain Baines is a confirmed bachelor. Until he meets Mrs Darling and finds himself in a peculiar and rather sinister dilemma...

James is to fetch a cargo of rubber seeds from Brazil for the development of plantations in India. The Brazilian Government, however, guard their rubber seeds rather zealously. But Caroline has a plan...

James comes into open conflict with Samuel Plimsoll , who is campaigning for a safe load-line to be painted on all vessels. The result is a hazardous voyage for both men.

Difficulties and danger await Captain Fogarty when he attempts to take a cargo of coal up the Amazon. Having James Onedin as a competitor doesn't help, either...

James sails into Liverpool to find two mysteries awaiting him: the disappearance of the steamship Anne Onedin, and a strange request from Senor Braganza...

James sights a dugout canoe In the freshwater outlet of the Amazon. Inside the canoe is the exhausted and sun-blistered figure of a woman...

It is six months since the death of Anne Onedin. How is James coping with the loss of the woman who had become so dear to him? Young Leonora Biddulph is soon to learn...

Tonight: When ship devils cause a ship to sink, James comes into conflict with Samuel Plimsoll, the sailors' friend.