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

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

January 2, 2024July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Diesel filling in Micronesia with video, and no police involvement

Picture of a catamaran
December 7, 2023December 7, 2023Lorraine Escher

SV Aphrodite equipment list 2023

Aohrodite’s current position as I write this blog post.
June 23, 2023July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Live tracker: Where is in the World is SV Aphrodite Right Now?

June 12, 2023June 12, 2023Lorraine Escher

Making Sense of Malaria: Why Chemoprophylaxis Doesn’t Prevent Infection — It Only Weakens the Symptoms

May 22, 2023July 6, 2026Lorraine Escher

Team carrot: creatively eating contraband on the way to Fiji

October 29, 2018July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Life raft gear: what if you were not rescued, how long could you survive?

February 16, 2018July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

800 nautical miles from Grenada to Haiti

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

Two articles Published in All at Sea Magazine, December 2017

August 14, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Crewing up to cross the Pacific: 90+days, family boat, not really open to swingers

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This Week in Years Past

  • 10 years ago this weekFrom the Vault: Cycling 1,000 miles Along the US Pacific Coast — with a Parrot
  • 10 years ago this weekBeans! Beans! Beans! Abandoning Meat in the Dominican Republic
  • 11 years ago this weekStress-free camping? Not here.
  • 11 years ago this weekA visit from CBC Radio’s Stu Mills

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