Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Paul leaving SV Aphrodite and his family for the first time at the Langkawi International Airport
03/16/202604/01/2026 Lorraine Escher

Paul Leaves SV Aphrodite to Crew from the Bahamas to French Polynesia

Photo of Escher kids on SV Aphrodite on the Ultraleather saloon cushions after slightly less than two years of use.
11/23/202511/24/2025 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.
09/26/202502/12/2026 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
12/07/202310/09/2025 Lorraine Escher

SV Aphrodite equipment list 2023

06/23/202303/19/2026 Lorraine Escher

Live tracker: Where is in the World is SV Aphrodite Right Now?

05/31/202303/31/2026 Lorraine Escher

Removing our rudders in the water, and towing another catamaran

05/20/202302/12/2026 Lorraine Escher

Losing a rudder 500 miles from Fiji

05/19/202301/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

Sailing at night – New Zealand to Fiji

06/04/202203/28/2026 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.
05/01/202111/20/2025 Lorraine Escher

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

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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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