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
    • Browse all 113 posts →
    • 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
    • Browse all 66 posts →
    • 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
    • Browse all 11 posts →
    • 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
    • Browse all 26 posts →
    • This chapter on the map →

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    • Writing & Creative
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Exumas Sailing. A picture of Betty and Paul on the beach at Shroud Cay.
May 24, 2016September 26, 2026Lorraine Escher

Bahamas Long Reads — Exumas Stories

New friends in Abraham's Bay, Mayaguana, Bahamas.
May 22, 2016August 4, 2026Lorraine Escher

Mayaguana, Bahamas: The Generosity in Abraham’s Bay

May 12, 2016October 6, 2026Lorraine Escher

Ragged Islands, Bahamas: Duncan Town and Buena Vista Cay

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
May 1, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Swimming With a Wild Dolphin in the Bahamas (With Video)

Hurricane Season in the Caribbean
April 24, 2016August 19, 2026Lorraine Escher

Hurricane Season in the Caribbean: Why We Chose Luperón

April 9, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Docking Drama in George Town, Bahamas: No Steering, Wind

March 25, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

George Town, Bahamas: Summer Camp for Cruisers

Shroud Cay, Bahamas
March 15, 2016September 21, 2026Lorraine Escher

Shroud Cay, Exumas: Exploring the Tidal Creeks by Dinghy

Our son Paul jumping into the sea in the Bahamas with the safety of our DIY swim enclosure.
February 28, 2016August 14, 2026Lorraine Escher

Cruising Life With Kids: Busy Days Anchored in the Bahamas

A Nalgene bottle being filled directly from our watermaker
February 16, 2016August 19, 2026Lorraine Escher

When the Watermaker Breaks: What Goes Wrong on a Sailboat

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