How one couple survived a shipwreck and kept their marriage afloat

By Mary Louise Kelly,

Kathryn Fink, Jeanette Woods

Published July 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM EDT

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sophie Elmhirst, author of A Marriage at Sea, which chronicles the voyage of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, a British couple who was lost at sea for 118 days in 1972.

Mary Louise Kelly

Mary Louise Kelly is a co-host of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine.

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Kathryn Fink

Kathryn Fink is a producer with NPR's All Things Considered.

Jeanette Woods

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