故事描述整日感到烦恼的空中交通指挥员杰克被他的上司强逼到佛州海边的夏日公寓休假五周。不料这个假期却处处出状况,事事不如意,使他更加头大。直至美丽的史卡莉出现教他滑风帆,度假的乐趣才开始出现……Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.