Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sophie Elmhirst discovered the story of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey’s shipwreck and wrote an award-winning new book about their ...

A new book, "A Marriage At Sea," is about a married couple who decide to quit their jobs, sell everything they own, buy a boat and sail around the world. This is a true story. Maurice and Maralyn ...

They had hit a whale — or a whale had hit them. The beast is dying; they stare for long moments with sorrow and horror as it thrashes and bleeds and then disappears. “Wait,” writes author Sophie ...

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Maralyn and Maurice Bailey (left) years after surviving the sinking of their yacht on the open seas in 1973 It took only 40 minutes from the time a whale cracked a hole in their 31-foot yacht until ...

Sophie Elmhirst discovered the story of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey’s shipwreck and wrote an award-winning new book about their relationship that goes beyond the narrative The author was fascinated by ...