Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

More Than a Decade Afloat • Raising Sailors • Stories from 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.

November 4, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

DIY Offshore Medical Kit Resources

August 29, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Great Scots, 20 knots!

August 22, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Cracking open our life raft (with video)

August 21, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Test sailing SV Aphrodite

August 17, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Organizing our boat with skipper, Mark Burton

August 10, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Motoring in Tampa Bay

August 2, 2015July 16, 2026Lorraine Escher

Medical Provisioning for Cruising: A Year’s Supply of Medication—Then What?

July 28, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Hotter than Hades here in Ottawa

July 22, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Liveaboard cruisers: those damn hippies

July 18, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Audio clip from our first CBC Radio interview

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