Becoming a Sailor

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.
Front cover of Canadian Circumnavigator Diane Steumer's Book, The Voyage of Northern Magic.
February 16, 2015July 10, 2026Lorraine Escher

Becoming a Sailor: Inspired by Diane Stuemer’s Family Circumnavigation

February 14, 2015February 14, 2015Lorraine Escher

Where to anchor at Namely Harbour (RYA Day Skipper Theory Training)

Line drawing by Pearson Scott Foresman [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
February 13, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing terms revealed – internet helps the newbie sailor

February 7, 2015July 10, 2026Lorraine Escher

Hair cut and new glasses — ready for sailing!

Album cover of Dolly Parton's "Working Girl", 1981
February 5, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Homeschooling: from sail boat to university

February 3, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Cleaning house: regaining focus

My little man awaiting stiches
February 2, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Cuts and repairs

January 29, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Etiquette at the marina: a reason to get knotted

Sam Shepherd washes Nicole Kidman's hair in the movie, Dead Calm.
January 27, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing hair: getting gritty, not girly

Activity display of knot tying at the Canadian Children's Museum in Gatineau/Ottawa
January 26, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Knot now – an ode to the unicorns amongst us

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