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.
An unexpected visit to Aphrodite from the Secret-Santa Amazon fairy
Freezing on a catamaran in Georgia
Finding Space for a Splendide Washer/Dryer on Our Catamaran
Humble seamstress beginnings: repairing a pillow case on our Sailrite (industrial) sewing machine
Life raft gear: what if you were not rescued, how long could you survive?
Don’t mess with a missionary, man – Ile a Vache, Haiti
Give me Voodoo: fear and fascination as a cruiser in Haiti (with bonus dream sequence)
800 nautical miles from Grenada to Haiti
