Twenty year old Orsa is passionately in love with second mate Spyros, which she dares not reveal to anyone, least of all her domineering mother, Mina. Her energetic younger sister, Moscah is determined to leave Andros and escape a typical woman's fate on the island: marrying sailors. Without considering the girls' desire to love, Mina conspires to wed the girls to the wealthiest suitors.