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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.
Karen and Henry inspect the octopus
January 5, 2024January 5, 2024Lorraine Escher

Reef fish, octopus and sea cucumbers for the dinner plate (Chuuk, Micronesia)

January 2, 2024July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Diesel filling in Micronesia with video, and no police involvement

A photo of our kids running along the beach of Lake Superior with a banner of our tent and van with the text The Road Trip that Changed Everything, referring to the 60 day camping trip we took the summer before we bought our St. Francis 50 catamaran, SV Aphrodite.
January 1, 2024January 1, 2024Lorraine Escher

Why We Want to Sail

Paul in a hospital bed in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, receiving oxygen therapy
December 13, 2023December 13, 2023Lorraine Escher

Shallow water blackout while freediving: what happened to our son, Paul

A photo of SV Aphrodite anchored in Langkawi, Malaysia
December 7, 2023December 7, 2023Lorraine Escher

About Our Boat

Picture of a catamaran
December 7, 2023December 7, 2023Lorraine Escher

SV Aphrodite equipment list 2023

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023Lorraine Escher

Betty, age 17, joins a medical mission in Papua New Guinea

Glasses sit atop other World War II artifacts including a glass syringe.
September 18, 2023September 18, 2023Lorraine Escher

Visiting the Peter Joseph Museum in the Solomon Islands: A Backyard Full of World War II History

September 16, 2023September 16, 2023Lorraine Escher

Family ER at Sea: A fish hook to the face in Munda, Solomon Islands

August 23, 2023August 23, 2023Lorraine Escher

Mugged in Honiara: Travel Safety in the Solomon Islands

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