Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Photo of Escher kids on SV Aphrodite on the Ultraleather saloon cushions after slightly less than two years of use.
November 23, 2025November 24, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Succumbing to the Sales Pitch of Ultraleather on a Boat

Our niece, Jorja, from Calgary in front of the Bridge of the Americas, Panama.
September 26, 2025October 10, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Crossing the Panama Canal Doesn’t Just Move Your Boat from One Ocean to Another — It Moves You to a Completely Different World

Picture of a catamaran
December 7, 2023October 9, 2025 Lorraine Escher

SV Aphrodite equipment list 2023

June 23, 2023October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Live tracker: sailing from Fiji to Vanuatu

May 31, 2023December 18, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Removing our rudders in the water, and towing another catamaran

May 20, 2023October 13, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Losing a rudder 500 miles from Fiji

May 19, 2023October 19, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Sailing at night – New Zealand to Fiji

June 4, 2022October 30, 2025 Lorraine Escher

After the Galapagos: The Sea is Alive with Extremes of Life, Luxury and Exploitation

Miele W1 washing machine on SV Aphrodite, a St Francis catamaran.
May 1, 2021November 20, 2025 Lorraine Escher

From Splendide to Miele: A Washing Machine Upgrade for Our St. Francis 50

February 16, 2018October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

800 nautical miles from Grenada to Haiti

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Welcome to Becoming A Sailor. I've written more than 250 posts about our travels on our St Francis 50 catamaran. We have been sailing since 2015, and our four kids have grown up on our sailboat. This is not a sailing log. Instead, it's an immersive record of a life afloat. I write to recreate the moment, whether we're standing on a volcano or cleaning our boat bottom.
- Lorraine

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