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.
Meal planning and provisioning for a family afloat: six suggestions for cruisers
Living on a Sailboat With Kids: Freedom or Confinement?
First Squall: Finding a Safe Anchorage
Child Safety on a Sailboat: Our Kids’ First Day Aboard
Life Raft Servicing: What’s Inside a Life Raft?
Catamaran Test Sail: Putting SV Aphrodite Through Her Paces
Boat Organization: Getting Ready for Cruising
Our First Boat Haul Out: Everything Is New
