Katie Brook marries an Egyptian man she met while on holiday and goes to settle in Egypt, where she later gives birth to a son. She finds life mundane and having been keen on sailing, spends a lot of time at the marina where she meets and befriends an elderly yachtsman. Due to differences in culture and religion the marriage is fraught with difficulties. When Katie decides she wants to leave her husband he tells her that she can’t take the baby as he has obtained custody of the child. She plans to escape with the yachtsman on the completion of his circumnavigation but at the last minute things go drastically wrong and threaten to prevent her getaway.