Phyllis’s Reviews > A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck > Status Update

Maurice began to teach her how to sail, and after a few days he judged she was ready to operate the tiller on her own. Everything went we until they ploughed at speed into a riverbank. Maurice, chastising himself, had forgotten her "novice status," as he put it. They spent the afternoon digging out the boat with knives and forks, teased by passersby