Becoming a Sailor

Featured Content

Why We Want to Sail

We traded a conventional life in Ottawa for the dream of raising our children aboard a sailboat — even though I had never sailed.

About Our Boat

SV Aphrodite is a St. Francis 50 catamaran — Hull #1 of an award-winning bluewater design. See her specs, equipment, and offshore features.

A muddy hike, memory-making at Grenada Carnival, drama on a public bus, sailing passages from Trinidad to Grenada and Grenada to Haiti, and what happened when COVID-19 arrived in a country where many people were reluctant to vaccinate.

Luperón Long Reads — Boat Kids Go Local

Joining a local school taught entirely in Spanish, learning baseball, making friends, and discovering how quickly the Luperon cruising community can rally when help is needed.

Luperón Long Reads — Designing and Building a Mooring for Our 50-foot Catamaran

A technical long read about how we built a three-point hurricane mooring.

Luperón Long Reads — Waiting Out Hurricane Season

A gritty, funny, and affectionate look at Luperón, Dominican Republic — from stray dogs and bureaucratic red tape to unexpected kindness, cruiser culture, and lunch with Bruce Van Sant.

Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.