Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Tag: Safety at sea

May 20, 2023October 13, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Losing a rudder 500 miles from Fiji

May 19, 2023January 25, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Sailing at night – New Zealand to Fiji

Spectacular sky underway on SV Aphrodite, a St. Francis 50 catamaran, during Our Pacific Crossing from Panama to New Zealand.
June 18, 2022October 30, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Four Methods We Tried to Manage Sleep Deprivation During Our Pacific Crossing (Galapagos to French Polynesia)

Betty from St Francis 50 catamaran Aphrodite swimming in Chuuk Lagoon.
June 11, 2022October 30, 2025 Lorraine Escher

What Lies Beneath? Barnacle Busting Outside the Galapagos at 2,000 Meters Deep

Putting the Parasailor back in the "sock" on SV Aphrodite, a St Francis 50 catamaran.
June 8, 2022January 29, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Speeding by Day With Our Downwind Parasailor Sail

Dolphins on the bow of SV Aphrodite when sailing our catamaran from Panama to the Galapagos
June 5, 2022October 18, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Swimming at the Equator in 3,000 meters of water, 50 miles from Colombia

July 25, 2020October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Waiting for Gonzalo

October 29, 2018October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

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

May 7, 2018October 4, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Don’t mess with a missionary, man – Ile a Vache, Haiti

May 2, 2018January 25, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Give me Voodoo: fear and fascination as a cruiser in Haiti (with bonus dream sequence)

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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.
- Lorraine

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