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Our catamaran SV Aphrodite with the team from St Francis Marine in South Africa.

March 27, 2015September 5, 2026Lorraine Escher

SV Aphrodite: The Family Catamaran with a History of Adventure

Hiring a skipper comparison: Poster from the 1992 movie, Captain Ron

March 24, 2015August 13, 2026Lorraine Escher

Hiring a Skipper: Learning to Sail Like Captain Ron

Revised planning spreadsheet, budgeting information is intentionally blacked out

March 24, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Planning and budgeting for sail boat refits

March 19, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Why living on a boat is different from living on land

Boat Kid Perspective: Betty from SV Aphrodite before we moved aboard and began our circumnavigation.

March 18, 2015August 16, 2026Lorraine Escher

Boat Kid Perspective: Why a 9-Year-Old Wanted to Sail

Betty, age 9

March 18, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

All About Me, Betty!!!!!

Winterized sailboats, Ottawa River, March 2015

March 17, 2015August 26, 2026Lorraine Escher

Winterized Sailboats on the Frozen Ottawa River

Boating in the 1970s

March 10, 2015August 15, 2026Lorraine Escher

Boating in the 1970s: Navigation Was Simpler

Sailing Poetry: Donne and Coleridge

March 3, 2015August 25, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing Poetry: Did John Donne Know More Than Coleridge?

Buying a St Francis 50 catamaran: Aphrodite, St Francis 50 catamaran

February 28, 2015September 14, 2026Lorraine Escher

Buying Our St Francis 50 Catamaran, SV Aphrodite

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