Becoming a Sailor

Becoming a Sailor

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

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Category: Life Afloat

Life Afloat captures what everyday living is like aboard our catamaran, SV Aphrodite. This category explores the challenges of our early years afloat with four young children and the routines we’ve settled into a decade later. Here you’ll find how we manage practical things like laundry, provisioning, medical emergencies at sea, homeschooling on the move, and welcoming guests—while celebrating milestones and reflecting on life along the way.

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023

Betty, age 17, joins a medical mission in Papua New Guinea

Glasses sit atop other World War II artifacts including a glass syringe.
September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

Visiting the Peter Joseph Museum in the Solomon Islands: A Backyard Full of World War II History

September 16, 2023September 16, 2023

Family ER at Sea: A fish hook to the face in Munda, Solomon Islands

August 23, 2023August 23, 2023

Mugged in Honiara: Travel Safety in the Solomon Islands

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023

The Far-Reaching, Humble Breadfruit: Unleashed by Explorers and Trade Winds

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023

Team carrot: creatively eating contraband on the way to Fiji

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

Speeding by Day With Our Downwind Parasailor Sail

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020Lorraine Escher

Waiting for Gonzalo

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020Lorraine Escher

Homeschooling four kids: teaching my nine-year old twins about world history

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020Lorraine Escher

Academic rigour and readiness: is it possible to homeschool kids on a boat to prepare for University?

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