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.
Sailing Aphrodite: a year in review
Kindness Ashore: A Fisherman in Luperón
Baseball: Learning a Game and Understanding a Field of Dreams in the Dominican Republic
Common Cruiser Complaints About Luperón, Dominican Republic
Luperón Long Reads — Waiting Out Hurricane Season
Overcoming seasickness and ditching Dramamine
Departure checklist for leaving an anchorage
Bahamas Long Reads — Exumas Stories
