A Marriage at Sea

A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck.

Maurice and Maralyn are an unlikely pair: he’s solitary, intense, and methodical; she’s magnetic, driven, and full of ambition. What binds them is a shared fear of living an unfulfilled life—and a bold dream of escape. What if they walked away from everything, sold their home, bought a boat, and simply sailed into the horizon?

What followed was a staggering battle for survival. Stranded in a tiny rubber raft with almost no food, depleted and drifting without rescue in sight, the couple had to confront not only the unforgiving sea but the fault lines within themselves and their marriage. Months in isolation force them to improvise ways to stay alive—and to coexist—as the pressure exposes their deepest fears and darkest truths. They may have outrun the world, but they cannot outrun themselves.