Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

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

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Category: Imagining Life Afloat

Imagining Life Afloat describes my early thoughts about what it would be like to live aboard. The decision to sail around the world happened in an instant, but I spent much longer thinking through the details.

Sailng-knots: Activity display of knot tying at the Canadian Children's Museum in Gatineau/Ottawa
January 26, 2015August 22, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing Knots: A Boring Exhibit Made Them Feel Like Crafts

Race 'big picture' view
January 21, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Now watching in real-time: Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race

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