
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.


Hotter than Hades here in Ottawa

New Sedna logo: Isn’t she lovely?

Liveaboard cruisers: those damn hippies

Audio clip from our first CBC Radio interview

Logistics: strategies for getting from house to boat

Stress-free camping? Not here.

A visit from CBC Radio’s Stu Mills

Galley refits on our St Francis 50 catamaran

