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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.
Going meatless in the Dominican Republic
July 12, 2016August 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Beans: Going Meatless While Cruising the Dominican Republic

June 28, 2016July 17, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing with Kids: Our First Year Cruising as a Family of Six

June 24, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Kindness Ashore: A Fisherman in Luperón

June 10, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Baseball: Learning a Game and Understanding a Field of Dreams in the Dominican Republic

June 9, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Common Cruiser Complaints About Luperón, Dominican Republic

Luperon Hurricane Hole: An image of Henry and Paul driving our dinghy with SV Aphrodite in the background next to an image of the track of hurricane Matthew in 2016 when we stayed in Luperon for hurricane season.
June 6, 2016July 25, 2026Lorraine Escher

Luperón Long Reads — Waiting Out Hurricane Season

May 27, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Overcoming seasickness and ditching Dramamine

May 25, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Departure checklist for leaving an anchorage

Long Reads: Exumas Stories. A picture of Betty and Paul on the beach at Shroud Cay.
May 24, 2016May 24, 2016Lorraine Escher

Bahamas Long Reads — Exumas Stories

A Nurse Shark that we seriously feared in the Jumentos, Ragged Islands and other islands south of George Town.
May 23, 2016May 23, 2016Lorraine Escher

Southern Bahamas Long Reads — Beyond the Exumas

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