Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Lorraine Escher measures for gallery countertop, unskilled and unhappy about the task.
November 27, 2025 Lorraine Escher

How Did I Miss the Skill of Measuring with Accuracy?

Eastbay Foreman, Rashid, and another woodworker from Eastbay apply new cherry veneer to a cupboard in our saloon.
October 27, 2025October 29, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Teak and Transformation: Refinishing SV Aphrodite’s Woodwork in 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

Miele W1 washing machine on SV Aphrodite, a St Francis catamaran.
May 1, 2021November 20, 2025 Lorraine Escher

From Splendide to Miele: A Washing Machine Upgrade for Our St. Francis 50

October 18, 2019November 18, 2025 Lorraine Escher

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

January 30, 2018October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Leaving Trinidad for Grenada with Svetlana

December 23, 2017October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Taking stock of our boat spares

All At Sea Caribbean magazine cover, December 2017.
December 20, 2017October 10, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Two articles Published in All at Sea Magazine, December 2017

December 18, 2017October 19, 2025 Lorraine Escher

We are still living on the hard in Trinidad. It’s not all Christmas and poinsettias.

Paul in Power Boat Boatyard, Chaguaramas, Trinidad with our Mantus Anchor 2017 below SV Aphrodite, our St Francis 50 catamaran.
November 5, 2017October 21, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Living with Four Kids in a Boatyard in Trinidad — Turns Out, It Isn’t So Hard to Stay ‘On The Hard’

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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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