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Karen Escher painting the keel in Langkawi, Malaysia.
04/13/202604/14/2026 Lorraine Escher

Karen paints our keel. An artist’s challenges are not what I would have expected.

Paul leaving SV Aphrodite and his family for the first time at the Langkawi International Airport
03/16/202606/10/2026 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.
09/26/202505/04/2026 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

A photo of SV Aphrodite anchored in Langkawi, Malaysia
12/07/202307/01/2026 Lorraine Escher

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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?

05/31/202305/02/2026 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

05/19/202305/05/2026 Lorraine Escher

Sailing at night – New Zealand to Fiji

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Paul at the top of the mast of SV Aphrodite in Auckland, New Zealand.
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