In the 1980s Trask withdrew from performing to look after Ewen, who was incapacitated following a stroke: the couple lived on a yacht and cruised the Caribbean until Ewen's health began to fail in the late 1980s.
During the 1980s, Trask ceased performing to focus on Ewen, who had become severely impaired following a stroke. The pair lived aboard a yacht and explored the Caribbean until Ewen's condition worsened in the late 1980s.