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Becoming a Sailor

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  • 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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    • This chapter on the map →

    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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    • This chapter on the map →

    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
    • Browse all 66 posts →
    • This chapter on the map →

    Panama and the Pacific

    • Crossing the Panama Canal
    • Shellback Ceremony at the Equator
    • Long Reads: Galápagos
    • Sleep Deprivation at Sea
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    • This chapter on the map →

    Melanesia

    • Heavy Weather Sailing: NZ to Fiji
    • Sevusevu Ceremony in Fiji
    • Land Diving on Pentecost Island
    • Shallow Water Blackout
    • Browse all 19 posts →
    • This chapter on the map →

    Micronesia to Southeast Asia

    • Lagoon to Table: Subsistence Fishing
    • Losing an Anchor in Thailand
    • 322 Days in a Malaysian Boatyard
    • Bangla Road Phuket
    • Browse all 26 posts →
    • This chapter on the map →

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    • Writing & Creative
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Tag: Anchoring and mooring

Paul bruce van sant
August 11, 2016July 23, 2026Lorraine Escher

Bruce Van Sant: Lunch With the Author of Passages South

Building a Mooring: Luperon Long Reads Building a Hurricane Moorring with input an design review by Bruce Van Sant
August 3, 2016September 26, 2026Lorraine Escher

Luperón Long Reads — Designing and Building a Mooring for Our 50-foot Catamaran

June 9, 2016August 13, 2026Lorraine Escher

Luperón Cruiser Complaints: Dogs, Dock, Water and Fees

Beginner Sailor Departure Checklist: Photo taken under red lights to preserve our night vision on an evening departure
May 25, 2016August 5, 2026Lorraine Escher

Beginner Sailor Checklist for Leaving an Anchorage (PDF)

April 9, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Docking Drama in George Town, Bahamas: No Steering, Wind

Endangered Allen Cays Rock Iguana (Cyclura cychlura inornata)
February 8, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Allen Cay, Exumas: Iguanas, a Stingray and a 40-Knot Blow

Storm-at-anchor
January 17, 2016August 20, 2026Lorraine Escher

Storm at Anchor: 35-Knot Winds in the Florida Keys

Christmas on a sailboat
December 20, 2015August 14, 2026Lorraine Escher

Christmas on a Sailboat: Cards by Dinghy and a Florida Storm

First Ssquall on SV Aphrodite. a St Francis 50 catamaran
August 29, 2015August 16, 2026Lorraine Escher

First Squall at Anchor: Why We Moved Off Egmont Key

Ottawa on a hot day
July 28, 2015September 30, 2026Lorraine Escher

Living on a Sailboat in the Tropics Without Air Conditioning

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