Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Category: Homeschooling Four Kids

Homeschooling Four Kids covers what we first envisioned, the social pressures we’ve faced, and how our plans evolved into a structured approach that lets our children swim with sharks, explore world geography and history firsthand, and still earn high school diplomas with transcripts recognized by universities.

Betty with her hand-drawn Montserrat flag. Later, she laminated the flag and we flew it on our boat,, SV APhrodite, with pride.
October 23, 2025October 25, 2025 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.
October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 Lorraine Escher

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

October 26, 2023October 15, 2025 Lorraine 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, 2023October 18, 2025 Lorraine Escher

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

June 8, 2023October 11, 2025 Lorraine Escher

The Far-Reaching, Humble Breadfruit: Unleashed by Explorers and Trade Winds

June 18, 2020October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Homeschooling four kids: teaching my nine-year old twins about world history

June 2, 2020October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Academic rigour and readiness: is it possible to homeschool kids on a boat to prepare for University?

November 14, 2016October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Heavy rain in the Dominican Republic closes school for at least a week, and our kids vote, “Yay!”

October 4, 2016October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Canadian boat kids: at school in Luperon

October 24, 2015October 5, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Tavernier docking area: best park ever

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Welcome to Becoming A Sailor. I've written more than 250 posts about our travels on our St Francis 50 catamaran. We have been sailing since 2015, and our four kids have grown up on our sailboat. This is not a sailing log. Instead, it's an immersive record of a life afloat. I write to recreate the moment, whether we're standing on a volcano or cleaning our boat bottom.
- Lorraine

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