Lying buried on Isle of Arran is a bottle of whisky. On the far side of the world a highly pressurized sales manager decides that the time has come for a change of gear. He wants to return to Europe, and instead of taking the plane he finds himself Ryusei, a beautiful 44-ft wooden sloop. Together with friends who form a happy gang of 'Three Men in a Boat, ' he sets sails. Taking a long route from Asia via Africa and the Americas they head to Scotland ??? to dig up the whisky.