School is out for the summer! Tank's family has rented a cottage at Short Sands Beach in York, Maine. Now that they've all bonded after meeting some ghosts, Gil and Joey came along for the fun. York residents are well aware of the 18th-century ship that's buried beneath Short Sands Beach. Every few decades, a severe storm will uncover it, and it's happened again. Local residents know to leave the boat alone, but Tank, Gil, and Joey don't know that! While exploring the wreck, they are transported back in time and onto the sinking ship! Will the boys wash up on Short Sands Beach in the past or present?

While on vacation in Maine, Joey, Tank, and Gill explore an eighteenth century shipwreck that is uncovered by a storm and soon find themselves part of its ghostly crew.

While on a school field trip, Joey and Tank encounter a ghostly captain aboard a historical ship and, upon their return that night, travel through time and become involved in the Boston Tea Party.

While in Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, Joey and Tank board a whaler that is on display and soon find themselves part of its ghostly crew.

When Joey and friend Gil are caught in a storm while night-fishing off the coast of Massachusetts, they find shelter in a lighthouse inhabited by a very unfriendly ghost.

While searching for Blackbeard's treasure on Star Island, New Hampshire, Joey and Tank encounter the pirate ghosts that protect it.

After spotting a mysterious ship while night fishing near Lynn, Massachusetts, Joey and Tank follow ghostly pirates into a cave that Joey's uncle tells them is rumored to hold a long-lost treasure.