Becoming a Sailor

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

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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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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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
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Panama and the Pacific
Crossing the Panama Canal
Shellback Ceremony at the Equator
Long Reads: Galápagos
Sleep Deprivation at Sea
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Melanesia
Heavy Weather Sailing: NZ to Fiji
Sevusevu Ceremony in Fiji
Land Diving on Pentecost Island
Shallow Water Blackout
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Micronesia to Southeast Asia
Lagoon to Table: Subsistence Fishing
Losing an Anchor in Thailand
322 Days in a Malaysian Boatyard
Bangla Road Phuket
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By Topic
Learning to Sail
Downsizing & Moving Aboard
Sailing With Kids & Homeschooling
Boat Projects & Gear
Health & Safety at Sea
Food & Provisioning
Family, Crew & Guests
Writing & Creative
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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.