Thank you Lynette, a very interesting read. of an exciting true story and quite unforgettable.
The account starts with the couple buying a suburban house and preparing to live normal suburban lifestyles. However they fairly quickly become bored and decide travel for a new life in New Zealand. They sell their house and use the proceeds to build and stock a sailing boat whilst avoiding installing any modern communications instruments such as a radio, on board.
Eventually the voyage commences and the couple travel alone in the Atlantic across to the Pacific Ocean with a view to arriving in New Zealand several months later where Maurice already had new employment organised.
Disaster then strikes when their sailing boat is struck by a whale and despite attempts to prevent sinking the boat goes down leaving them with a dinghy and raft. Before the boat sinks however the couple were able to store tins of food and water onto the dinghy including a bithday cake which had been brought to celebrate Maralyn's biithday due to take place during their voyage.
The account continues with details of the couple's attempts to survive and the passing by of many ships which failed to spot what must have been a small speck in the sea..
The absorbing account also details dreadful pain, diarrhea and illnesses affecting the two of them. Their fishing attempts given that the absence of fishing hooks and their eating of turtles, flying birds as well as fish are set out and are fascinating. Yet when almost faced by death,, salvation occurs..
The book continues with details of their survival; radio and TV appearances and how they felt but the above is sufficient for this blog post leaving any blog reader who is interested, with the task of buyng the book to read the full story.
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