Becoming a Sailor

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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.
March 15, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

First Days with Our St. Francis 50 Catamaran: Repairs, Refits, and Reality

March 14, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Grocery list for passage planning – starting with a bare fridge and pantry

SV Aphrodite, a St Francis 50 catamaran and Hull #1 as seen from the Starboard side.
March 13, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

We bought our first boat: SV Aphrodite is ours

March 10, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Boating in the 70s

March 7, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Taking inventory of our sail boat

Passage plan: Fort Lauderdale to Bradenton
March 5, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Outfitting a boat for the first time

March 4, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Transferring boat ownership: hire a marine documentation specialist. Get`er done.

March 3, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Dead poets reveal sailing experience

Aphrodite, St Francis 50 catamaran
February 28, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

We bought a boat

February 25, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Trail markers of the sea

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This Week in Years Past

  • 10 years ago this weekFrom the Vault: Cycling 1,000 miles Along the US Pacific Coast — with a Parrot
  • 10 years ago this weekBeans! Beans! Beans! Abandoning Meat in the Dominican Republic
  • 11 years ago this weekAudio clip from our first CBC Radio interview
  • 11 years ago this weekLogistics: strategies for getting from house to boat

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