Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Month: May 2023

05/31/202303/31/2026 Lorraine Escher

Removing our rudders in the water, and towing another catamaran

05/28/202310/10/2025 Lorraine Escher

Fiji: making stew using a hot spring

Lorraine is offered Kava drink from the chief during a Fijian sevusevu welcoming ceremony in Savusavu.
05/26/202304/12/2026 Lorraine Escher

Sevusevu Ceremony and First Time Kava Drinker in Fiji

05/24/202310/13/2025 Lorraine Escher

We have stopped for the night, 60 nm to Savusavu, Fiji

05/22/202301/27/2026 Lorraine Escher

Team carrot: creatively eating contraband on the way to Fiji

05/20/202302/12/2026 Lorraine Escher

Losing a rudder 500 miles from Fiji

05/19/202301/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

Sailing at night – New Zealand to Fiji

SV Aphrodite in Auckland Harbour also known as Waitematā Harbour.
05/01/202303/16/2026 Lorraine Escher

We Discover Miele’s Reputation for Excellence is True

Welcome to Becoming A Sailor. I've written more than 250 posts about our travels on our St Francis 50 catamaran. We have been sailing since 2015, and our four kids have grown up on our sailboat. This is not a sailing log. Instead, it's an immersive record of a life afloat. I write to recreate the moment, whether we're standing on a volcano or cleaning our boat bottom.
- Lorraine

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