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

Photo of Escher kids on SV Aphrodite on the Ultraleather saloon cushions after slightly less than two years of use.
November 23, 2025November 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.
September 26, 2025October 10, 2025 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

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

Margaret from Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, sitting outdoors with Karen and a local village boy under a large tree
February 4, 2024October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

What We Ate Sailing Through Micronesia and Melanesia: Markets, Farming, and Fishing

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)

January 2, 2024October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Diesel filling in Micronesia with video, and no police involvement

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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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