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Zakary and the Chocolate Chip Cookie

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 22, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific/Tahiti & the Society Islands

During the morning church service Zakary as always was more interested in squirming his way out of every person's lap that tried to hold him. He wouldn't stay long on…

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Visiting an Elementary School Classroom

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 21, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific/Tahiti & the Society Islands

Today we were the centre of attention in a classroom of 6 and 7 year olds. We were invited to come to a local Catholic School in downtown Papeete to…

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Broken Parts and Pieces

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 21, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific/Tahiti & the Society Islands

Papeete is a big city in the middle of the Pacific ocean. It is also a popular place for sailors to stop and as a result has some great infrastructure…

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Hitting a Coral Reef

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 13, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

We approached the Marina Taina and saw over 100 sailboats anchored to mooring buoys on both sides of the inside of the passage through the lagoon. While my first thought…

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Rolly Polly Waters

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 12, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

It's hard to believe that I can so quickly forget how rolly polly the waters can get. After so many days on land recently I forgot how the swells can…

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Dance Classes and Goodbye Rangiroa

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 11, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

On our last day in Rangiroa Kirsten, Alyssa and Teyauna were invited to a Relief Society Tahitian Song and Dance rehearsal. The ladies of this local organization are preparing a…

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Dis-masted Sailors, Dogs, Copra and an Island Feast

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 9, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

Six years ago our family came to visit Rangiroa and we all fell in love with this island paradise. Part of the reason we fell in love with this island…

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Playing in the Lagoon – Young Men’s Activity

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 9, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

Jaeden, Dailin and Orin took off in the morning for an activity with 5 other young boys on the island that a local church leader had organized. They were getting…

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Fueling up and Swimming with Dolphins

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 7, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

The only gas station in all of Rangiroa is located 12 kilometres away and taking a $20 taxi ride to get $21 of fuel seemed rather pointless. We had been…

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Snorkeling at the Rangiroa “Aquarium”

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 4, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

 went snorkeling twice today at what the locals call “The Aquarium”. After hearing the stories that Orin, Eli and Dailin shared, Kirsten and Jaeden were also anxious to go. It…

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