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Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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04/08/201502/09/2026 Lorraine Escher

Making maple syrup – a taste of home

03/24/201503/14/2026 Lorraine Escher

Planning and budgeting for sail boat refits

Winterized sail boats, Ottawa River, March 2015

03/17/201501/25/2026 Lorraine Escher

Winterized sail boats on the frozen Ottawa River

Front cover of Canadian Circumnavigator Diane Steumer's Book, The Voyage of Northern Magic.

02/16/201510/05/2025 Lorraine Escher

Becoming a Sailor: Inspired by Diane Stuemer’s Family Circumnavigation

02/13/201510/06/2025 Lorraine Escher

Sailing terms revealed – internet helps the newbie sailor

02/07/201503/27/2026 Lorraine Escher

Hair cut and new glasses — ready for sailing!

02/05/201510/06/2025 Lorraine Escher

Homeschooling: from sail boat to university

02/02/201501/30/2026 Lorraine Escher

Cuts and repairs

01/17/201502/22/2026 Lorraine Escher

Teaching the kids to heel

01/09/201510/06/2025 Lorraine Escher

Every voyage has a beginning, so where do I start?

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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.
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