The daughter of a New England sea captain has lost her fiancee to the California Gold Rush. Determined to find him, but short of funds, she enlists as a navigator on a clipper ship bound for San Francisco. Along the way, tempers rise and sparks fly between her and the rugged skipper. Upon arrival, she finds her fiancee maddened with greed. Unable to change him, she allows her feelings for the skipper to grow to fruition. But he is already engaged to another woman. Now she must fight for the man who strove to win her heart.