Becoming a Sailor

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Our catamaran SV Aphrodite with the team from St Francis Marine in South Africa.
March 27, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

SV Aphrodite: The Family Catamaran with a History of Adventure

Hiring a skipper comparison: Poster from the 1992 movie, Captain Ron
March 24, 2015August 13, 2026Lorraine Escher

Hiring a Skipper: Learning to Sail Like Captain Ron

Revised planning spreadsheet, budgeting information is intentionally blacked out
March 24, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Planning and budgeting for sail boat refits

March 19, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Why living on a boat is different from living on land

Sailing subculture: Artwork by Betty, age 9. Message = parenting fail
March 19, 2015August 15, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing Subculture: Buying a Catamaran Came with Stereotypes

Boat Kid Perspective: Betty from SV Aphrodite before we moved aboard and began our circumnavigation.
March 18, 2015August 16, 2026Lorraine Escher

Boat Kid Perspective: Why a 9-Year-Old Wanted to Sail

Winterized sail boats, Ottawa River, March 2015
March 17, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Winterized sail boats on the frozen Ottawa River

March 15, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

First Days with Our St. Francis 50 Catamaran: Repairs, Refits, and Reality

SV Aphrodite, a St Francis 50 catamaran and Hull #1 as seen from the Starboard side.
March 13, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

We bought our first boat: SV Aphrodite is ours

Passage plan: Fort Lauderdale to Bradenton
March 5, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Outfitting a boat for the first time

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