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The Seven Seas - About us

How it began

The Seven Seas is a traditional Buginese Schooner. The hull was purchased by the current owners 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 clearly a piece of solid traditional boat-building. Within 2 days the deal was made, the boat was ours, and Tuti Heighes and Lida Pet-Soede are now the proud co-owners of The Seven Seas.

For the finishing of our dreamboat, Mark called in some of the experts that he had worked with previously 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 in leading live-aboard trips and keeping live-aboard vessels operational, Locky understood what this boat needed to be.

Lida and Tuti worked closely with Locky to make sure that this was going to be the comfortable liveaboard that they had in mind. Now that the Seven Seas is completed, she has 8 state rooms with en-suite bathrooms. For the 8 state rooms, 4 rooms host royal size double beds, 2 rooms host a large size single and regular size single, and the last 2 host regular size twin bunks.

The Crew

The Seven Seas crew counts 14 people crew from all over Indonesia.

Mr. Wahyudin Ismail is our very experienced captain. His team includes:

Mr. Abdul Rifai Djudje - First Mate
Mr. Jefri Fernandus Rompas - Second Mate
Mr. Udin - Chief Engineer
Mr. George - First Engineer
Mr. Koten - Second Engineer
Ms. Wayan Yuliani - Chef
Mr. Adhar M Ilyas / Niko - Assistant Cook
Ms. YoventaMojo (Yovin) - Waitress
Mr. Tobias Megi (Jon Besar) - Deck Crew
Mr. Haswan - Deck Crew
Mr. Yohanes Save (Jon Kecil) - Deck crew
Mr. Tomy Salakory - Dive guide

Our cruise directors are Mark Heighes, Stew Esposito and, from April 2010 onwards, Karl Klingeler.

The management of the boat is done by Ms. Ayu Herawati in the Bali office.

The Seven Seas - Owners' Biodata (PDF file, 150 kb)

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