Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard 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.

12/20/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Christmas cards

12/04/201511/19/2025 Lorraine Escher

Laundry by hand (rain or shine)

11/29/201502/21/2026 Lorraine Escher

Grocery shopping at sea: a multi-sport event

11/01/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Halloween in the Florida Keys

10/28/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Customer appreciation night in Key Largo

10/24/201501/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

Tavernier docking area: best park ever

10/22/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

“A is for pig” and other early homeschooling lessons

Ingredients for homemade icecream for a boy who lives on a sailboat with food allergies.
10/14/201510/19/2025 Lorraine Escher

DIY Ice Cream: Living Off-Grid but Not Exactly Roughing It

10/02/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Books are treasures forever (by Betty)

09/30/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

We are underway: first days of cruising

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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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