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.
Our First Night Aboard a Sailboat
Move date June 30, 2015
Scary things that can happen at sea
SV Aphrodite: The Family Catamaran with a History of Adventure
Hiring a Skipper: Learning to Sail Like Captain Ron
Planning and budgeting for sail boat refits
Why living on a boat is different from living on land
Sailing Subculture: Buying a Catamaran Came with Stereotypes
