
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.


Catamaran Refit: Preparing Our Boat for Cruising

Top 10 sexiest refits we’ve made – so far

Preparing for our tenants’ visit

Preparing to move: signs of progress

Closing our house, room by room

Learning to Sail From Scratch: Our First Six Months

Catamaran Trampoline Replacement: Our Trampoline Facelift

Thrift store “treasures”

