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May 7, 2018May 7, 2018Lorraine Escher

Don’t mess with a missionary, man – Ile a Vache, Haiti

May 2, 2018May 4, 2018Lorraine Escher

Give me Voodoo: fear and fascination as a cruiser in Haiti (with bonus dream sequence)

February 16, 2018February 19, 2018Lorraine Escher

800 nautical miles from Grenada to Haiti

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018Lorraine Escher

Leaving Trinidad

December 30, 2017December 30, 2017Lorraine Escher

Christmas dinner with the Preddie family, Trinidad 2017

December 23, 2017December 23, 2017Lorraine Escher

Taking stock

December 20, 2017December 20, 2017Lorraine Escher

New articles published

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017Lorraine Escher

We are still living on the hard in Trinidad. It’s not all Christmas and poinsettias.

November 5, 2017November 5, 2017Lorraine Escher

Living with four kids in a boatyard in Trinidad – turns out, it isn’t so hard to stay ‘on the hard’

October 16, 2017October 18, 2017Lorraine Escher

Oil spill in Trinidad – we are floating in a horrible ‘national disaster’

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  • Project management in the boat yard: the importance of setting expectations early

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  • COVID arrives in Grenada
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  • Homeschooling four kids: teaching my nine-year old twins about world history
  • Academic rigour and readiness: is it possible to homeschool kids on a boat to prepare for University?
  • Project management in the boat yard: the importance of setting expectations early

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Lorraine Escher on Academic rigour and readiness:…
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  • Bahamas
  • Betty's corner and point-of-view
  • Buying a St Francis 50 catamaran
  • caribbean
  • Catalan culture
  • Dominican Republic
  • Food allergies aboard
  • Four kids aboard
  • Gear and other lists for getting organized
  • Gear lists and other lists for getting organized
  • Learning to sail
  • Medical preparations
  • Misc. and indulgent posts
  • Pacific Passage Crossing
  • Packing up our house
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