Becoming a Sailor

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

Menu Skip to content

About the Crew
About Our Boat
Family Dictionary: Life Afloat A to Z
Subscribe
Search

Tag: Safety at sea

May 7, 2018July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

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

May 2, 2018July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

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

February 16, 2018July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

800 nautical miles from Grenada to Haiti

January 30, 2018July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Leaving Trinidad for Grenada with Svetlana

December 30, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Christmas dinner with the Preddie family, Trinidad 2017

Paul in Power Boat Boatyard, Chaguaramas, Trinidad with our Mantus Anchor 2017 below SV Aphrodite, our St Francis 50 catamaran.

November 5, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Living with Four Kids in a Boatyard in Trinidad — Turns Out, It Isn’t So Hard to Stay ‘On The Hard’

August 14, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

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

June 16, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing with kids? Check out our easy, DIY swim enclosure for catamarans

April 30, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Guest data – statistics we’ve collected

June 9, 2016July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Common Cruiser Complaints About Luperón, Dominican Republic

Posts navigation

← 1 2 3 4 5 →

Word of the Hour

► New word in …

Knitter

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 weekLogistics: strategies for getting from house to boat
11 years ago this weekStress-free camping? Not here.

Worth Reading

From the Archives

Boat Projects
Homeschooling Four Kids
Early Years of Cruising