Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

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

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Category: Provisionning

Provisioning shares how we plan, shop, and stock up to travel to remote places. I’ll tell you where to find cabbage that beads with freshness, and how we make coffee in places where espresso doesn’t exist. Beyond that, Provisioning covers the Olympic sport of hauling groceries out by dinghy and finding space for it all aboard.

Shows weevil larvae in pasta
January 13, 2024January 13, 2024Lorraine Escher

Weeviling: managing weevils on a sailboat in Micronesia

May 22, 2023July 6, 2026Lorraine Escher

Team carrot: creatively eating contraband on the way to Fiji

December 8, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Recipe: No dairy mint chocolate chunk ice cream without an ice cream maker

July 12, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

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

November 29, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Grocery shopping at sea: a multi-sport event

Ingredients for homemade icecream for a boy who lives on a sailboat with food allergies.
October 14, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

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

Provisions on SV Aphrodite, dry processed goods
September 5, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Meal planning and provisioning for a family afloat: six suggestions for cruisers

March 14, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Grocery list for passage planning – starting with a bare fridge and pantry

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This Week in Years Past

  • 10 years ago this weekFrom the Vault: Cycling 1,000 miles Along the US Pacific Coast — with a Parrot
  • 10 years ago this weekBeans! Beans! Beans! Abandoning Meat in the Dominican Republic
  • 11 years ago this weekStress-free camping? Not here.
  • 11 years ago this weekA visit from CBC Radio’s Stu Mills

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