Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Tag: Learning to sail

Learning to Sail describes when Rick and I completed our sail training courses in the Caribbean and invited a skipper aboard for the first few weeks until we gained confidence handling the boat on our own.

Ingredients for homemade icecream for a boy who lives on a sailboat with food allergies.
October 14, 2015October 19, 2025 Lorraine Escher

DIY Ice Cream: Living Off-Grid but Not Exactly Roughing It

October 11, 2015October 5, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Technical writer turned cruiser

September 11, 2015October 5, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Homeschooling on hold

September 7, 2015October 5, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Holiday weekend in Tampa Bay

Provisions on SV Aphrodite, dry processed goods
September 5, 2015February 25, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Meal planning and provisioning for a family afloat: six suggestions for cruisers

September 2, 2015October 6, 2025 Lorraine Escher

First impressions as a liveaboard cruiser

August 29, 2015October 5, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Great Scots, 20 knots!

August 26, 2015October 7, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Our kids arrive on SV Aphrodite

August 21, 2015February 14, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Test sailing SV Aphrodite

August 17, 2015January 29, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Organizing our boat with skipper, Mark Burton

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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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