Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

More Than a Decade Afloat • Raising Sailors • Stories from SV Aphrodite

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  • Our story in six chapters, in the order we sailed it.

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    Before We Moved Aboard

    • From House to Sailboat: How a Road Trip Changed Us
    • Buying Our St Francis 50 Catamaran
    • Learning to Sail From Scratch
    • Our Family Camping Gap Month
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    • This chapter on the map →

    Florida and the Bahamas

    • Living on a Sailboat With Kids: Freedom or Confinement?
    • Crossing the Gulf Stream
    • Off the Beaten Track Bahamas
    • Bahamas Long Reads: Exumas Stories
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    The Caribbean

    • Luperón Long Reads: Boat Kids Go Local
    • Dominica Travel: If Outside Magazine Visited
    • Rough Offshore Sailing in a Gale
    • Long Reads Grenada
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    Panama and the Pacific

    • Crossing the Panama Canal
    • Shellback Ceremony at the Equator
    • Long Reads: Galápagos
    • Sleep Deprivation at Sea
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    Melanesia

    • Heavy Weather Sailing: NZ to Fiji
    • Sevusevu Ceremony in Fiji
    • Land Diving on Pentecost Island
    • Shallow Water Blackout
    • Browse all 19 posts →
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    Micronesia to Southeast Asia

    • Lagoon to Table: Subsistence Fishing
    • Losing an Anchor in Thailand
    • 322 Days in a Malaysian Boatyard
    • Bangla Road Phuket
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Tag: Provisioning

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June 10, 2026July 20, 2026Lorraine Escher

Paul’s Curry and Coconut Rice Recipe

Margaret from Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, sitting outdoors with Karen and a local village boy under a large tree
February 4, 2024August 13, 2026Lorraine Escher

Provisioning in the Pacific Islands: A Sailing Family Adapts

Shows weevil larvae in pasta
January 13, 2024July 23, 2026Lorraine Escher

Weeviling: managing weevils on a sailboat in Micronesia

Julia from SV Tribalance inspects her soup as it cooks
May 28, 2023July 25, 2026Lorraine Escher

Savusavu Hot Springs: Cooking Stew in a Geothermal Vent

May 22, 2023July 30, 2026Lorraine Escher

Fiji Biosecurity: Meat, Dairy & Produce Rules for Sailors

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021Lorraine Escher

COVID Arrives in Grenada

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 23, 2017August 1, 2026Lorraine Escher

Fishing in Bequia: A Boy Learns From a Local Fisherman

August 18, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Drama on the Bus in Grenada

Reverse culture shock in the cruise ship hub of St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
January 20, 2017August 18, 2026Lorraine Escher

Reverse Culture Shock: From Luperón to St Thomas, USVI

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