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

Diver Michael and Lorraine watch the Mantus anchor retrieval from the bow.
September 18, 2025November 6, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Part 3: Diving for a Lost Anchor: A Salty Ballad from Phuket

105-lb Mantus Anchor with anchor chain
September 13, 2025October 20, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Part 2: Losing our Ground Tackle: A Continuation of our Malaysian Anchor Chain Debacle

Rick Escher, sailor, skipper, husband amazing human
September 5, 2025October 20, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Part 1: Re-galvanizing our anchor chain. What could possibly go wrong? Adventures at Pangkor Marina Malaysia.

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

Picture of a catamaran
December 7, 2023October 9, 2025 Lorraine Escher

SV Aphrodite equipment list 2023

May 31, 2023December 18, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Removing our rudders in the water, and towing another catamaran

May 24, 2023October 13, 2025 Lorraine Escher

We have stopped for the night, 60 nm to Savusavu, Fiji

May 20, 2023October 13, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Losing a rudder 500 miles from Fiji

May 19, 2023October 19, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Sailing at night – New Zealand to Fiji

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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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