Odesa, u yaku prylitaly til′ky skazheni shtormy z morya. Ukrayins′ke kino, svizhe i smilyve, yak yunha na vysokiy schohli. Molodi lyudy, yaki shukayut′ sebe i znachodyat′ druzhbu, kochannya, virnist′, muzhnist′. Rezhyser, chudozhnyk, baleryna, matros, odes′ ki rybalky, portovi divchata, dyrektor kinofabryky, vlasnyk shchuny. Tonka lyu bovna intryha, duch romantyky i tvorchoho nespokoyu, vyno «Krov zemli» i solonyy apach morya — use tse ye v romani YUriya YAnovs′koho «Mayster korablya». A te, choho emaye, ye v narysach YAnovs′koho i v rann′omu varianti romanu. Vpershe «Mayster korablya» vychodyt′ bez tsenzurnych kupyur i z nevidomymy frahmentamy.