Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Our niece, Jorja, from Calgary in front of the Bridge of the Americas, Panama.
September 26, 2025February 12, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Crossing the Panama Canal Doesn’t Just Move Your Boat from One Ocean to Another — It Moves You to a Completely Different World

Antigua from the air shows a stunning view of the turquoise Caribbean Sea.
February 21, 2015February 19, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Why the Caribbean has virtually no tides (and a comparison with the dramatic tides in Panama)

January 10, 2015February 11, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Self-doubt and the sexy sailing hook

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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