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Northwest Yachting Magazine Article

Post author:Norm
Post published:May 7, 2014
Post category:2014 California Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Normand Sailing Samoa Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific Tahiti & the Society Islands Tonga

We thought we would share with you an article in Northwest Yachting Magazine on our Schafer Family Sailing Trip. It was well written although there is one slight correction to…

Sailing Adventure Music Video

Post author:Norm
Post published:March 24, 2014
Post category:2013 Alyssa Dailin Eli Jaeden Kirsten Normand Orin Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific Teyauna Zakary

Here is a Music Video the Schafer kids recorded during their year long 2013 South Pacific Sailing Adventure. It was recorded, edited and created completely by our 7 children (ages…

Family Sailing Adventure – On the Radio

Post author:Norm
Post published:January 25, 2014
Post category:2014 Normand Sailing Schafer South Pacific Sailing

It was a pleasant surprise to be invited onto local Victoria radio station CFAX 1070 this week to participate on their talk show. Little did we know what they had…

Family of nine returns from year-long South Pacific sailing adventure

Post author:Kirsten
Post published:January 17, 2014
Post category:2014 Alyssa Dailin Eli Jaeden Kirsten Normand Orin Schafer South Pacific Sailing Teyauna Zakary

If you live in or near Victoria, you are welcome to join us for an evening where we will be sharing experiences from our year long sailing trip and how…

Busy Streets of Suzhou, China

Post author:Norm
Post published:November 24, 2013
Post category:2013 China Normand

Today was the last full day for us in China and the second to last day of our year long adventure. I spent much of the day wandering around the…

Stop in China – We sure stand out!

Post author:Norm
Post published:November 22, 2013
Post category:2013 Alyssa China Dailin Eli Jaeden Kirsten Normand Orin Teyauna Zakary

Today was our first full day in China. Instead of heading straight home we decided to stopover in China for a few days to break up our trip. After arriving…

Sydney, Australia – Hop on, Hop off ship … and some signs!

Post author:Norm
Post published:November 20, 2013
Post category:2013 Australia Normand Schafer South Pacific Sailing

After a few days of walking around Sydney it was getting a little bit exhausting. That's when I noticed the Captain Cook Cruise Hop on, Hop off boat! I…

Sydney Bridge Climb in Australia

Post author:Norm
Post published:November 20, 2013
Post category:2013 Australia Normand Orin Schafer South Pacific Sailing

Orin was all smiles as we put on our blue baseball caps that had to be tied to our blue jumpsuits along with the headsets our guide provided us with.…

The Australia Zoo (by Dailin)

Post author:Norm
Post published:November 9, 2013
Post category:2013 Australia Dailin Normand Schafer South Pacific Sailing

We all slowly untangled ourselves from the boxes and suitcases as our van pulled up to the parking lot of the Australia Zoo. The drive was less than pleasant with…

St. Helena Island – Australia’s Alcatraz

Post author:Norm
Post published:November 6, 2013
Post category:2013 Alyssa Australia Dailin Jaeden Kirsten Normand Orin Schafer South Pacific Sailing Teyauna Zakary

We had an exciting excursion planned for the day only ten minutes away from where we were staying in our 3 bedroom apartment at West Wynnum. We had arranged to…