Indian Ocean Castaways: Epic Voyage (Part 1 of 2)

Real Survival Stories

In Sri Lanka, a chance meeting with an eccentric fisherman sees Gordon Brace and his wife Elisabeth join the trip of a lifetime: a crossing of the Indian Ocean aboard a single-engine motorboat. But the young sailors will get much more than they bargained for. Because what follows is a survival story for the ages - a three-month epic of grit, daring and peril on the high seas…

A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins.

Written by Joe Viner | Produced by Ed Baranski | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design by Matt Peaty | Assembly edit by Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Ralph Tittley.

For more on this story read Gordon's book, Survival in Paradise.

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2026-04-15 50 min

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