 Billy accompanies Dougall on a trip to Little Current to pick up parts for the tugboat s failing engine. On his way back from the store, Billy sees a strange man taking Dougall s tug. Billy hops aboard just in time to confront the hijacker. Billy learns that the his name is Miroslav, a defector from an Eastern Bloc country who wants to go to Copper Cliff. Meanwhile Dougall is convinced that Billy has taken the tug on a joyride and calls in the police. The tug s engine gives out and Billy is astonished that Miroslav is able to fix it without parts. With the net closing in on him, a desperate Miroslav swims to shore and tries to get away on foot. When Mirosalv is finally captured, Billy implores Officer Nixon not to lay any charges.