The captain's elementary-school classmate Lin Shui-tien is production manager at a textiles factory in Taichung. Having seen the gradual transformation of his home village, at weekends and holidays he often brings his children back to Chuantsaitou to experience nature.
林泓騰的小學同窗林水典也是船仔頭人，在台中紡織廠擔任廠長，看到原本沒落的家鄉一步步改觀，所以假日頻頻帶孩子回到船仔頭來感受大自然。