Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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A man in a yellow shirt at Brother Lim Cushion in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
November 24, 2025November 26, 2025 Lorraine Escher

A Fresh Start for Our Boat’s Upholstery in Malaysia

Karen Escher, boat kid and young artist, works on illustrations for the Princess and the P's Boardgame.
October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Karen Escher Draws: The Card Game She Illustrated on Our Boat at Age 10

Diver Michael and Lorraine watch the Mantus anchor retrieval from the bow.
September 18, 2025November 6, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Part 3: Diving for a Lost Anchor: A Salty Ballad from Phuket

Lorraine Escher on a flight to Kuala Lumpur for trigger release surgery
August 28, 2025October 20, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Getting Fit After 50: The Remark That Changed My Routine

Fedex picking up our three boxes in our friend Carl's apartment in Miami.
August 27, 2025October 7, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Delivering More Than Just Parcels: A FedEx Story on Today’s Silk Road

August 8, 2024October 8, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Alfred Escher remembered

Shows weevil larvae in pasta
January 13, 2024October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Weeviling: managing weevils on a sailboat in Micronesia

Karen and Henry inspect the octopus
January 5, 2024October 8, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Reef fish, octopus and sea cucumbers for the dinner plate (Chuuk, Micronesia)

August 23, 2023October 6, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Mugged in Honiara: Travel Safety in the Solomon Islands

Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Eight Bathers painting.
June 20, 2023December 5, 2025 Lorraine Escher

An Octave of Women: Shades of Contrast in Fiji

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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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