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Author: Lorraine Escher

Canadian writer and sailor. Honours BA in English Literature (Carleton University) and a decade as a senior technical and marketing writer at Nortel Networks and Alcatel. Since 2015 Lorraine has lived aboard the St Francis 50 catamaran SV Aphrodite, homeschooling four children while cruising the Caribbean, crossing the Pacific, and working toward a circumnavigation. Her cruising writing has appeared in SAIL Magazine, All At Sea, and Caribbean Compass.
Paul with a toilet motor he installed in 2016 at the age of 8.
September 18, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Cruising life: what do boat kids learn while fixing marine toilets?

Our kids outside Escuela Pedro Alejandro Pina (the public elementary school in Luperón) in the Dominican Republic
September 11, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Canadian Boat Kids Go Shopping for School Uniforms in Luperón

September 3, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Cruising, Culture Shock and Questioning “Why?”

August 31, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Our kids feature in a CruiserTV episode

August 25, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

The saga of Leo’s helm

Paul bruce van sant
August 11, 2016August 11, 2016Lorraine Escher

Lunch on Aphrodite with Celebrity Sailor and Cruising Guru: Bruce Van Sant

Luperon Long Reads Building a Hurricane Moorring with input an design review by Bruce Van Sant
August 3, 2016August 3, 2016Lorraine Escher

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

July 23, 2016July 5, 2026Lorraine Escher

Another interview with CBC Reporter, Stu Mills (with audio)

July 20, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Columbus Comes Alive at La Isabela, Dominican Republic

Lorraine with Dixie Parrot on a 1,000 Mile Bicycle Ride, pictured in Washington State.
July 12, 2016July 12, 2016Lorraine Escher

From the Vault: Cycling 1,000 miles Along the US Pacific Coast — with a Parrot

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