Three women and a man from varying backgrounds are forced by circumstances to board a converted yawl from the South Pacific back to the United States. Tensions rise immediately to the point of physical confrontation. Within hours they find themselves shipwrecked on a small island. All three women, for one reason or another, display animosity toward each other because of their differing backgrounds and nationalities. They especially dislike the man due to their former disastrous relationships with men. Conflict follows conflict untilA[a–A]