THE SEVEN SEAS
THE HISTORY
How It Began...
THE SEVEN SEAS
THE HISTORY
How It Began...
The Seven Seas is a traditional Buginese Schooner. The current owners purchased the hull in April 2005. Mark Heighes and Jos Pet had been discussing their dream boat for years, and when they finally ran into the right vessel, they were immediately sold on her. While still unfinished, the vessel was a piece of solid traditional boat-building. Within 2 days, the deal was made, the boat was theirs, and Tuti Heighes and Lida Pet-Soede are now the proud co-owners of The Seven Seas.
For finishing their dreamboat, Mark called in some of the experts he had previously worked with when building and refurbishing wooden boats. A seasoned boat builder from South Sulawesi, Pak Darwis, headed the local carpenters team. Michael Lock (“Locky”), an old friend and experienced carpenter, also joined the team as the project manager who would finish the boat with the help of dozens of tradesmen in just under 1 year.
With over 10 years of experience leading live-aboard trips and keeping live-aboard vessels operational, Locky understood what this boat needed.
Lida and Tuti worked closely with Locky to ensure that this would be the comfortable liveaboard they had in mind.
Now that the Seven Seas is completed, she has 8 staterooms with en-suite bathrooms. For the 8 staterooms, 4 rooms host royal-size double beds, 2 rooms host a large single and regular size single, and the last 2 host regular-size twin bunks.
