Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

Family of Six: 10 Years Circumnavigating Aboard SV Aphrodite

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Tag: Southeast Asia cruising

Hands showing how the curvature of our hull impacts the amount of usable counterspace.
November 27, 2025February 12, 2026 Lorraine Escher

How Did I Miss the Skill of Measuring with Accuracy?

A man in a yellow shirt at Brother Lim Cushion in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
November 24, 2025January 27, 2026 Lorraine Escher

A Fresh Start for Our Boat’s Upholstery in Malaysia

Eastbay Foreman, Rashid, and another woodworker from Eastbay apply new cherry veneer to a cupboard in our saloon.
October 27, 2025January 30, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Teak and Transformation: Refinishing SV Aphrodite’s Woodwork in Malaysia

Diver Michael and Lorraine watch the Mantus anchor retrieval from the bow.
September 18, 2025February 18, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Part 3: Diving for a Lost Anchor: A Salty Ballad from Phuket

105-lb Mantus Anchor with anchor chain
September 13, 2025October 20, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Part 2: Losing our Ground Tackle: A Continuation of our Malaysian Anchor Chain Debacle

Rick Escher, sailor, skipper, husband amazing human
September 5, 2025October 20, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Part 1: Re-galvanizing our anchor chain. What could possibly go wrong? Adventures at Pangkor Marina Malaysia.

Lorraine Escher on a flight to Kuala Lumpur for trigger release surgery
August 28, 2025January 24, 2026 Lorraine Escher

Getting Fit After 50: The Remark That Changed My Routine

Fedex picking up our three boxes in our friend Carl's apartment in Miami.
August 27, 2025October 7, 2025 Lorraine Escher

Delivering More Than Just Parcels: A FedEx Story on Today’s Silk Road

Our catamaran SV Aphrodite with the team from St Francis Marine in South Africa.
March 27, 2015October 6, 2025 Lorraine Escher

SV Aphrodite: The Family Catamaran with a History of Adventure

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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