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

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

A Nurse Shark that we seriously feared in the Jumentos, Ragged Islands and other islands south of George Town.
May 23, 2016May 23, 2016Lorraine Escher

Southern Bahamas Long Reads — Beyond the Exumas

January 12, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Battery testing and replacing

Paul enjoys a dockside supper outside the Island Grill at Mandalay, Key Largo.
October 28, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Customer appreciation night in Key Largo

Ingredients for homemade icecream for a boy who lives on a sailboat with food allergies.
October 14, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

DIY Ice Cream: Living Off-Grid but Not Exactly Roughing It

Karen (4) and Betty (9) enjoy a book on SV Aphrodite.
September 11, 2015July 6, 2026Lorraine Escher

Homeschooling on hold

August 29, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Great Scots, 20 knots!

August 21, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Test sailing SV Aphrodite

August 17, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Organizing our boat with skipper, Mark Burton

Ladder to our boat with river view.
August 13, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sleeping on stilts during a refit

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