Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

More Than a Decade Afloat • Raising Sailors • Stories from SV Aphrodite

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Category: Life Afloat

Life Afloat captures what everyday living is like aboard our catamaran, SV Aphrodite. This category explores the challenges of our early years afloat with four young children and the routines we’ve settled into a decade later. Here you’ll find how we manage practical things like laundry, provisioning, medical emergencies at sea, homeschooling on the move, and welcoming guests—while celebrating milestones and reflecting on life along the way.

Paul Escher's Grenadian Rum Punch Recipe made with fresh fruit from scratch
06/21/2026 Lorraine Escher

Paul’s Grenadian Rum Punch

Job Jar Boat Jobs For Kids with Karen dusting our Nav desk in the background on SV Aphrodite
06/12/202606/28/2026 Lorraine Escher

Job Jar: 15-Minute Boat Jobs for Kids

Paul-Curry-Coconut-RIce-Recipe-Sailing-Life
06/10/202606/21/2026 Lorraine Escher

Paul’s Curry and Coconut Rice Recipe

Betty after accepting her university offer in Canada.
04/22/202605/11/2026 Lorraine Escher

Betty’s University Decision

Betty with her hand-drawn Montserrat flag. Later, she laminated the flag and we flew it on our boat,, SV APhrodite, with pride.
10/23/202501/27/2026 Lorraine Escher

Betty’s First Essay: The Soufriere Hills Volcano

Karen Escher, boat kid and young artist, works on illustrations for the Princess and the P's Boardgame.
10/09/202506/01/2026 Lorraine Escher

Karen Escher Draws: The Card Game She Illustrated on Our Boat at Age 10

Lorraine Escher on a flight to Kuala Lumpur for trigger release surgery
08/28/202506/29/2026 Lorraine Escher

Getting Fit After 50: The Remark That Changed My Routine

08/08/202410/08/2025 Lorraine Escher

Alfred Escher remembered

Shows weevil larvae in pasta
01/13/202405/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

Weeviling: managing weevils on a sailboat in Micronesia

Paul in a hospital bed in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, receiving oxygen therapy
12/13/202302/02/2026 Lorraine Escher

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

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