In the small Connecticut seaside town of Stuart Cove, David, a young ambitious professional takes a short leave of absence from his job at the New York Daily Press to settle his elderly aunt's affairs after her death. On a visit to the Fishhook Pub, an old fisherman approaches David. This old man has a story to tell-a story about a lighthouse keeper named Danny and the loss of the fishing vessel, Seahawk. She went down during a storm back in 1956, but as the old man says, "That doesn't tell the whole story." David finds his life, and the lives of others, forever changed by this tale and the spirit of the Seahawk's captain, Scott Spear.