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Category: Packing up and moving

Packing Up and Moving describes how we transitioned from life in a house to a life on a St Francis 50 catamaran. The blog posts in this sub-category covers the pure chaos of downsizing to being able to reflect back and provide some lessons learned and checklists.

A composition pin that includes four checklists I created after moving from a house to a sailboat as a family of six from Canada.
12/28/201504/23/2026 Lorraine Escher

Checklists for the BIG move: moving from house to boat

07/18/201505/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

Audio clip from our first CBC Radio interview

07/17/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Logistics: strategies for getting from house to boat

07/12/201505/26/2026 Lorraine Escher

Stress-free camping? Not here.

07/10/201505/20/2026 Lorraine Escher

A visit from CBC Radio’s Stu Mills

07/05/201505/28/2026 Lorraine Escher

Camping solo with four kids

07/01/201505/19/2026 Lorraine Escher

Happy Canada Day!

06/29/201505/20/2026 Lorraine Escher

We’ve moved out – the adventure begins

06/28/201506/01/2026 Lorraine Escher

Shipping our gear to Florida

06/23/201505/30/2026 Lorraine Escher

Tent unoccupied: the reluctant campers

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