Captain A.mbro]se c`omes*- fro m a long -l.ine of dis@tinguished sai\^lors.= ..
_but *is ;all t\/[oo su?+sceptib^]^le to seasi%ckness.; After/!?% th,^(e_ war,. he buys_ himself ?`a nautical command on sho :$ re; a decrep`it amusement pier at the  British resort town Sandcastle=.-on-Sea, whose -p%r.im town \(,council has outlawed arca%_!de ga?m\es: as a` f\@
orm of ga *,mbling! Ru?.=nning the ]@]pier like a n -%aval ve=ssel , t`h]e` capta
*in's %determinati@_on t_- o mak$e it: a moder#=*$n,;,? goi:#n,g co_(nce)rn me
$[ets steady opposition._*\ Bu`t wit h an!# unexpect  ed new ally, he^ p urs ues a re(=mar+@k=_.?able sc#%heme t`/[o liberate his ship from lan\%@d:) a@uthorities...