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.

10/26/202304/24/2026 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.
09/18/202306/13/2026 Lorraine Escher

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

09/16/202304/01/2026 Lorraine Escher

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

08/23/202301/29/2026 Lorraine Escher

Mugged in Honiara: Travel Safety in the Solomon Islands

06/08/202305/24/2026 Lorraine Escher

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

05/22/202307/01/2026 Lorraine Escher

Team carrot: creatively eating contraband on the way to Fiji

Putting the Parasailor back in the "sock" on SV Aphrodite, a St Francis 50 catamaran.
06/08/202203/16/2026 Lorraine Escher

Speeding by Day With Our Downwind Parasailor Sail

07/25/202006/28/2026 Lorraine Escher

Waiting for Gonzalo

06/18/202005/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

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

06/02/202006/28/2026 Lorraine Escher

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

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