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Tag: Pacific Crossing

Paul-Curry-Coconut-RIce-Recipe-Sailing-Life
June 10, 2026July 20, 2026Lorraine Escher

Paul’s Curry and Coconut Rice Recipe

A graphical representation of Paul's trip across the Pacific from Bahamas to French Polynesia
June 8, 2026July 20, 2026Lorraine Escher

2nd Pacific Puddle Jump: Boat Kid Becomes Skilled Crew at 18

Ethical tourism: Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Eight Bathers painting.
June 20, 2023September 17, 2026Lorraine Escher

Ethical Tourism in Fiji: 8 Women, Unequal Worlds

Miele washing Machine repair: SV Aphrodite in Auckland Harbour also known as Waitematā Harbour.
May 1, 2023July 26, 2026Lorraine Escher

Title: Miele Washing Machine Repair: How Miele Stepped Up

Galapagos Long Reads with a Close-up of the Feet of a Blue-Footed booby bird
June 12, 2022July 25, 2026Lorraine Escher

Long Reads Galapagos

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Escher Family Haircut

This Week in Years Past

  • 1 year ago this weekSaved! Anchor Retrieval: 2 Technical Divers, 1 Lift Bag (Poem)
  • 3 years ago this weekPeter Joseph WWII Museum: A Backyard Full of World History
  • 7 years ago this weekWashing Machine Retrofit on a Catamaran: Saving Time & Space
  • 9 years ago this weekWe’re in the Multihull Sailor magazine September 2017 issue. Our family looks downright glamorous!

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