Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Tag: Caribbean cruising

May 2, 2015March 10, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Standing on the podium abuzz with delight

May 1, 2015January 26, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Antigua Sailing Week – last day!

April 26, 2015October 5, 2025 Lorraine Escher

All the gear, give me a year

Our catamaran SV Aphrodite with the team from St Francis Marine in South Africa.
March 27, 2015March 12, 2026 Lorraine Escher

SV Aphrodite: The Family Catamaran with a History of Adventure

March 18, 2015October 6, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Betty, age 9: Why I’m excited to go sailing!!!!

Winterized sail boats, Ottawa River, March 2015
March 17, 2015January 25, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Winterized sail boats on the frozen Ottawa River

Antigua from the air shows a stunning view of the turquoise Caribbean Sea.
February 21, 2015March 10, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Why the Caribbean has virtually no tides (and a comparison with the dramatic tides in Panama)

February 2, 2015January 30, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Cuts and repairs

January 21, 2015October 6, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Now watching in real-time: Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race

Rope burn injury due to sail handling
January 21, 2015January 30, 2026 Lorraine Escher

It’s just a flesh wound: when sail handling goes wrong

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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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