Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Category: Preparing for Cruising Life

Preparing for Cruising Life begins right from the start when we thought about buying a boat, and living afloat seemed like a dream. This category describes the moving parts we lashed together to pack up our house, learn to sail, shop for a bluewater catamaran, refit our St Francis 50, and launch our family circumnavigation adventure.

Photo of Escher kids on SV Aphrodite on the Ultraleather saloon cushions after slightly less than two years of use.
11/23/202511/24/2025 Lorraine Escher

Succumbing to the Sales Pitch of Ultraleather on a Boat

06/12/202301/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

Making Sense of Malaria: Why Chemoprophylaxis Doesn’t Prevent Infection — It Only Weakens the Symptoms

11/01/201601/27/2026 Lorraine Escher

Betty, age 10, gets her very first pair of glasses

09/03/201612/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Cruising, Culture Shock and Questioning “Why?”

06/28/201601/29/2026 Lorraine Escher

Sailing Aphrodite: a year in review

05/25/201601/27/2026 Lorraine Escher

Departure checklist for leaving an anchorage

A composition pin that includes four checklists I created after moving from a house to a sailboat as a family of six from Canada.
12/28/201503/14/2026 Lorraine Escher

Checklists for the BIG move: moving from house to boat

12/15/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Building a Marine Medical Kit: Part 2

12/10/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Medical insurance while cruising

11/04/201502/03/2026 Lorraine Escher

Building a marine medical kit: Part 1

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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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