Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Category: Buying a St Francis 50 catamaran

Buying a St Francis 50 Catamaran describes the anticipation of finding the right bluewater boat for our family’s adventure, the transition to life aboard, and some of the modifications that turned SV Aphrodite into a comfortable floating home and a capable chariot to sail.

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

08/22/201501/27/2026 Lorraine Escher

Cracking open our life raft (with video)

08/21/201502/14/2026 Lorraine Escher

Test sailing SV Aphrodite

04/04/201510/06/2025 Lorraine Escher

Getting the dirt on cleaning a used boat

Our catamaran SV Aphrodite with the team from St Francis Marine in South Africa.
03/27/201503/12/2026 Lorraine Escher

SV Aphrodite: The Family Catamaran with a History of Adventure

03/19/201503/10/2026 Lorraine Escher

About those snobby catamaran owners

03/15/201510/06/2025 Lorraine Escher

First Days with Our St. Francis 50 Catamaran: Repairs, Refits, and Reality

SV Aphrodite, a St Francis 50 catamaran and Hull #1 as seen from the Starboard side.
03/13/201501/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

We bought our first boat: SV Aphrodite is ours

03/04/201510/06/2025 Lorraine Escher

Transferring boat ownership: hire a marine documentation specialist. Get`er done.

02/28/201510/06/2025 Lorraine Escher

We bought a boat

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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