Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

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Category: Early Days of Cruising

Early Days of Cruising describes some of the challenges and joys we discovered in our first year of sailing with four young children on a St Francis 50 catamaran.

Our son Paul jumping into the sea in the Bahamas with the safety of our DIY swim enclosure.
02/28/201606/29/2026 Lorraine Escher

New cruisers regroup

01/02/201605/06/2026 Lorraine Escher

Bahamas – plans derailed

12/04/201511/19/2025 Lorraine Escher

Laundry by hand (rain or shine)

10/28/201505/08/2026 Lorraine Escher

Customer appreciation night in Key Largo

10/22/201506/29/2026 Lorraine Escher

“A is for pig” and other early homeschooling lessons

09/30/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

We are underway: first days of cruising

09/24/201505/14/2026 Lorraine Escher

As Canadian as a catamaran?

09/11/201506/29/2026 Lorraine Escher

Homeschooling on hold

09/07/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Holiday weekend in Tampa Bay

09/02/201505/13/2026 Lorraine Escher

First impressions as a liveaboard cruiser

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A composite image that includes four checklists I created after moving from a house to a sailboat as a family of six from Canada.

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