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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.
Long Reads: Galapagos
Volcanoes, sharks, penguins, sea lions, offshore fishing fleets, and a message in a bottle — the Galapagos is one of the most interesting and diverse places we have visited during our circumnavigation.
Long Reads Grenada
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.
Why the Caribbean has virtually no tides
Why Caribbean tides are tiny — and why Panama’s beaches can vanish at high tide.
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.
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Latest Blog Posts
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322 Days on the Hard
Three months became 322 days on the hard in the stifling heat of Malaysia. Between schoolwork, boat work and lost cupboard knobs, here’s how we got our boat back in the water.
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The Point of the Work
Before and after photos tell a small part of a bigger story. Herein, I describe the thought process between the before and after and why the job mattered.
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Betty’s University Decision
Betty’s university decision is made. One click, backed by years of work.
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Karen paints our keel. An artist’s challenges are not what I would have expected.
In Langkawi, Malaysia, Karen painted our keels in unbearable heat. It still wasn’t the hardest part.
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Paul Leaves SV Aphrodite to Crew from the Bahamas to French Polynesia
After ten years calling SV Aphrodite home, our 18-year-old leaves for his first offshore crewing adventure from the Bahamas to French Polynesia.