Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

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

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  • Our story in six chapters, in the order we sailed it.

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    Before We Moved Aboard

    • From House to Sailboat: How a Road Trip Changed Us
    • Buying Our St Francis 50 Catamaran
    • Learning to Sail From Scratch
    • Our Family Camping Gap Month
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    • This chapter on the map →

    Florida and the Bahamas

    • Living on a Sailboat With Kids: Freedom or Confinement?
    • Crossing the Gulf Stream
    • Off the Beaten Track Bahamas
    • Bahamas Long Reads: Exumas Stories
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    • This chapter on the map →

    The Caribbean

    • Luperón Long Reads: Boat Kids Go Local
    • Dominica Travel: If Outside Magazine Visited
    • Rough Offshore Sailing in a Gale
    • Long Reads Grenada: 6 Stories From Our Sailboat
    • Browse all 66 posts →
    • This chapter on the map →

    Panama and the Pacific

    • Crossing the Panama Canal
    • Shellback Ceremony at the Equator
    • Long Reads: Galápagos
    • Sleep Deprivation at Sea
    • Browse all 11 posts →
    • This chapter on the map →

    Melanesia

    • Heavy Weather Sailing: NZ to Fiji
    • Sevusevu Ceremony in Fiji
    • Land Diving on Pentecost Island
    • Shallow Water Blackout
    • Browse all 19 posts →
    • This chapter on the map →

    Micronesia to Southeast Asia

    • Lagoon to Table: Subsistence Fishing
    • Losing an Anchor in Thailand
    • 322 Days in a Malaysian Boatyard
    • Bangla Road Phuket
    • Browse all 26 posts →
    • This chapter on the map →

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    • Downsizing & Moving Aboard
    • Sailing With Kids & Homeschooling
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    • Health & Safety at Sea
    • Food & Provisioning
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    • Writing & Creative
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  • About the CrewMeet our family of six from OttawaSt Francis 50 Catamaran Specs: SV Aphrodite, a Bluewater CatSV Aphrodite, our St Francis 50 catamaran
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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, 2024July 23, 2026Lorraine Escher

Weeviling: managing weevils on a sailboat in Micronesia

May 22, 2023July 30, 2026Lorraine Escher

Fiji Biosecurity Rules: Using Up Contraband Food at Sea

Dairy-free mint chocolate chunk ice cream
December 8, 2016August 7, 2026Lorraine Escher

Easy Dairy-Free Mint Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream (No-Churn)

Going meatless in the Dominican Republic
July 12, 2016August 29, 2026Lorraine Escher

Going Meatless in the Dominican Republic: Our Beans Recipe

November 29, 2015August 16, 2026Lorraine Escher

First Dinghy Drive: Grocery Shopping Without a Car

Ingredients for homemade icecream for a boy who lives on a sailboat with food allergies.
October 14, 2015August 7, 2026Lorraine Escher

Off-Grid Ice Cream on a Sailboat: Our Lello Musso Pola

Provisions on SV Aphrodite, dry processed goods
September 5, 2015September 23, 2026Lorraine Escher

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

March 14, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Grocery List for a 4-Day Passage: Provisioning From Scratch

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