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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…

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…

Friendly Village of Tiputa, Rangiroa

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

Jaeden and I woke up early to check out the conditions at Tiputa Pass. Since arriving in Rangiroa we had wanted to return to Tiputa where we had spent a…

Black Pearls and Dolphins

Post author:Norm
Post published:June 3, 2013
Post category:2013 Normand Sailing Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

This morning we went with a friend that we had met at church the day before on one of his company's free shuttles to go to the Gauguin Pearl Farm.…

Missing Battens in the Mainsail

Post author:Norm
Post published:May 31, 2013
Post category:2013 Normand Sailing Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

The morning we arrived in Ahe at the beginning of this week we noticed the batten (flexible pipe to keep the mainsail rigid) just below the first reef line (1/3…

Generous People in Ahe

Post author:Norm
Post published:May 29, 2013
Post category:2013 Normand Sailing Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

Today was a magical day on our first Tuamotu Island of Ahe. The morning sun was finally out after almost a week of cloudy skies and it turned the colors…

Ahe, A Doughnut Shaped Island Reef

Post author:Norm
Post published:May 28, 2013
Post category:2013 Normand Sailing Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

Ahe is an atoll which is a doughnut shaped island. The island was initially formed by a volcano which subsequently sunk in the middle leaving the crest of the crater…

Bonking Trees at the Hikoku’a Archaeological Site

Post author:Norm
Post published:May 22, 2013
Post category:2013 Marquesas Normand Sailing Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

Our new friends, the family that treated us at their home/restaurant on Sunday invited us to go for a trip by jeep to the other side of the island (Taipivai and Hatiheu).…

Photos from the month of May!

Post author:Norm
Post published:May 19, 2013
Post category:2013 Alyssa Jaeden Kirsten Marquesas Normand Orin Teyauna Zakary

Click here to see some pictures on Facebook Also, here's a note from Norm: We are enjoying our second week in the Marquesas and have been enjoying the company of…

A video and some pictures

Post author:Norm
Post published:May 18, 2013
Post category:2013 Normand Sailing Schafer Family Schafer Family Trips Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

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