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.

August 25, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

The saga of Leo’s helm

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016Lorraine Escher

Lunch on Aphrodite with Celebrity Sailor and Cruising Guru: Bruce Van Sant

Luperon Long Reads Building a Hurricane Moorring with input an design review by Bruce Van Sant
August 3, 2016August 3, 2016Lorraine Escher

Luperón Long Reads — Designing and Building a Mooring for Our 50-foot Catamaran

July 23, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Another interview with CBC Reporter, Stu Mills (with audio)

July 12, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Beans! Beans! Beans! Abandoning Meat in the Dominican Republic

June 24, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Kindness Ashore: A Fisherman in Luperón

June 10, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Baseball: Learning a Game and Understanding a Field of Dreams in the Dominican Republic

May 27, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Overcoming seasickness and ditching Dramamine

April 24, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Heading into Hurricane season

April 9, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

George Town Dock Drama

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