Onedin Line

Ambitious sailing master James Onedin strikes a deal with Anne Webster after her father refuses to sell the schooner Charlotte Rhodes.

When James becomes ill during the return voyage from Lisbon, Anne Onedin must learn how to navigate the ship.

Back in Liverpool after a perilous voyage, James Onedin finds more problems ashore including lack of funds and thwarted ambitions.

Before he can build up his fleet of ships, James Onedin needs to find a reasonably priced warehouse.

Watson refuses to give James any more business; Baines disappears; Elizabeth reveals that she is pregnant.

James Onedin scrambles to reach the Charlotte Rhodes, hoping to prevent his rival Callon from salvaging the badly damaged schooner.

While in Lisbon, James strikes a deal for a clipper bound for Pernambuco; Elizabeth elopes with Albert Frazer.

Michael Adams prevents Anne from meeting James at the Liverpool docks when he returns from Lisbon with his new ship.

Callon sees an opportunity to bankrupt James when a ship chartered by his rival is lost at sea.

Knowing the dangers, Callon sets James up to carry a secret passenger.

After a mutiny at Brest, James must convince the rebellious sailors to deliver the ship's cargo to London.

In Australia, a stranger offers James a proposition.

Albert comes face to face with the reality that Elizabeth's baby may be illegitimate.

James is lured into attempting to run the Unionist blockade by the prospects of high profits.

Lured by profitable prospects, James sets up a company; the Pampero, James's only clipper, sails through rough waters.