Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Lorraine is offered Kava drink from the chief during a Fijian sevusevu welcoming ceremony in Savusavu.
05/26/202304/12/2026 Lorraine Escher

Sevusevu Ceremony and First Time Kava Drinker in Fiji

05/22/202301/27/2026 Lorraine Escher

Team carrot: creatively eating contraband on the way to Fiji

Spectacular sky underway on SV Aphrodite, a St. Francis 50 catamaran, during Our Pacific Crossing from Panama to New Zealand.
06/18/202205/09/2026 Lorraine Escher

Four Methods We Tried to Manage Sleep Deprivation During Our Pacific Crossing (Galapagos to French Polynesia)

Dolphins on the bow of SV Aphrodite when sailing our catamaran from Panama to the Galapagos
06/05/202203/04/2026 Lorraine Escher

Swimming at the Equator in 3,000 meters of water, 50 miles from Colombia

06/04/202203/28/2026 Lorraine Escher

After the Galapagos: The Sea is Alive with Extremes of Life, Luxury and Exploitation

07/25/202003/18/2026 Lorraine Escher

Waiting for Gonzalo

06/02/202001/26/2026 Lorraine Escher

Academic rigour and readiness: is it possible to homeschool kids on a boat to prepare for University?

10/18/201901/27/2026 Lorraine Escher

Project management in the boat yard: the importance of setting expectations early

Henry and Karen with the Splendide washer/dryer on SV Aphrodite with the machine in its custom hutch under the saloon table
09/18/201911/19/2025 Lorraine Escher

Building a Laundry Hutch to Go Under Our Saloon Table

12/07/201802/23/2026 Lorraine Escher

An unexpected visit to Aphrodite from the Secret-Santa Amazon fairy

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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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