Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

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  • Our story in six chapters, in the order we sailed it.

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    Before We Moved Aboard

    • From House to Sailboat: How a Road Trip Changed Us
    • Buying Our St Francis 50 Catamaran
    • Learning to Sail From Scratch
    • Our Family Camping Gap Month
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    • This chapter on the map →

    Florida and the Bahamas

    • Living on a Sailboat With Kids: Freedom or Confinement?
    • Crossing the Gulf Stream
    • Off the Beaten Track Bahamas
    • Bahamas Long Reads: Exumas Stories
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    • This chapter on the map →

    The Caribbean

    • Luperón Long Reads: Boat Kids Go Local
    • Dominica Travel: If Outside Magazine Visited
    • Rough Offshore Sailing in a Gale
    • Long Reads Grenada: 6 Stories From Our Sailboat
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    • This chapter on the map →

    Panama and the Pacific

    • Crossing the Panama Canal
    • Shellback Ceremony at the Equator
    • Long Reads: Galápagos
    • Sleep Deprivation at Sea
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    • This chapter on the map →

    Melanesia

    • Heavy Weather Sailing: NZ to Fiji
    • Sevusevu Ceremony in Fiji
    • Land Diving on Pentecost Island
    • Shallow Water Blackout
    • Browse all 19 posts →
    • This chapter on the map →

    Micronesia to Southeast Asia

    • Lagoon to Table: Subsistence Fishing
    • Losing an Anchor in Thailand
    • 322 Days in a Malaysian Boatyard
    • Bangla Road Phuket
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    • This chapter on the map →

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    • Writing & Creative
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October 17, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Allergic Reaction at School: How Facebook Found Us First

September 3, 2016August 13, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing Life Culture Shock: Questioning the Dream

August 25, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Fixing a Seized Helm in Puerto Plata: Leo’s Steering Saga

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August 11, 2016July 23, 2026Lorraine Escher

Bruce Van Sant: Lunch With the Author of Passages South

July 20, 2016October 12, 2026Lorraine Escher

La Isabela, Dominican Republic: Columbus Comes Alive

June 28, 2016July 17, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing with Kids: Our First Year Cruising as a Family of Six

June 24, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Kindness in Luperón: A Fisherman Who Became My Translator

Baseball in the Dominican Republic: Paul from SV Aphrodite
June 10, 2016August 5, 2026Lorraine Escher

Baseball in the Dominican Republic: A Field of Dreams

June 9, 2016August 13, 2026Lorraine Escher

Luperón Cruiser Complaints: Dogs, Dock, Water and Fees

Luperon Hurricane Hole: An image of Henry and Paul driving our dinghy with SV Aphrodite in the background next to an image of the track of hurricane Matthew in 2016 when we stayed in Luperon for hurricane season.
June 6, 2016October 16, 2026Lorraine Escher

Luperón Long Reads — Waiting Out Hurricane Season

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