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An Octopus at the Gas Station

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:July 21, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

 It took us 20 minutes to carefully fuel up. The tricky part was filling the port gas tank. Since we only had one engine, we decided that we would run…

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Getting Ready for another big crossing

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:July 15, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

Today was the day we have been putting off for a little while now. With so many small repairs to be done, we knew it was going to be a…

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multi-coloured maze of death-

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

Yesterday we went to Corrine's mom's motu (outer reef island) in Bora Bora with our boat, but on the way we forgot our friend Mata. Jaeden had to Zodiac back…

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A Unique Sand Floor Restaurant

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:July 6, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

Today was a sad day for our crew. We have enjoyed having our Omi (Grandma) with us for the past two weeks as we have visited Tahiti and now Bora…

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Deathly Bananas

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:July 5, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

I hate being in pain. I'm not sure about you but when you feel great you really don't appreciate living without pain. Our wonderful friends “Mammy” Gloria and “Pappy” Dennis…

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White Sand and Blue Water of Bora Bora

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:July 5, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

This morning I tried sleeping in just like everyone else in the family. Zakary however who was up at 6am as usual kept us alert and awake even as we…

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Change of Plans – On to Bora Bora

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:July 2, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

Our afternoon's planned stop was going to be the coral garden in Tahaa, the adjacent island to Raiatea. By the time we crossed the lagoon however, I had received a…

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The Orange Festival in Tahiti

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 29, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific/Tahiti & the Society Islands

We invited our friends, the Maihi family to breakfast this morning. Our plan was to leave after breakfast but things changed throughout the day to keep us in Tahiti. The…

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One of these things is not like the other …

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 27, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Fiji/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific

   Just wondering if you noticed the difference between these palm trees at the Marina.   Cell Phone and Internet towers are designed to blend in.

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Running out of Gas on a Country Road

  • Post author:Norm
  • Post published:June 27, 2013
  • Post category:2013/Normand/Sailing/Schafer Family/Schafer Family Trips/Schafer South Pacific Sailing/South Pacific/Tahiti & the Society Islands

I went to pick up our sails that were being repaired and ran into a few problems. The problems however did not relate to the sails themselves but rather my…

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