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Coastal BC Freighter Cruise – Day 1

Post author:Norm
Post published:October 28, 2014
Post category:2014 British Columbia Canada Freighter Cruise Normand

After searching for years for a coastal British Columbia voyage that would take me to remote locations, I finally discovered one. The m/v Aurora Explorer was just the vessel I…

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…

The Great Wall of China

Post author:Kirsten
Post published:November 23, 2013
Post category:2013 China Eli Kirsten Teyauna Zakary

Teyauna grasped my hand a little tighter as another group of local tourists pushed past us on their flight up the ancient steps. We had been hiking for half an…

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…

Close call with sharks in Australia

Post author:Jaeden Schafer
Post published:November 20, 2013
Post category:2013 Australia Dailin Jaeden Orin Schafer South Pacific Sailing

“Whoosh” something shot by in the corner of my vision, I snapped my head in its direction trying to catch it with my eyes. Holding my breath I looked up…

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…