Seven C's Sailing Web Log

Colin Archer / William Atkins Double Ender, “Ingrid” – 100 New Photos

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:51:47 +0000

A Colin Archer Type Double-Ender Ingrid is a big boat. She has all the characteristics usually associated with seagoing ability. She is the kind of boat that behaves in rough water. She can be depended upon to sail herself. She is ableness [...]

Dark Eyed Junco – Bird Rescue

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:24:37 +0000

This little Dark Eyed Junco flew into our window as we were eating our breakfast and fell to the ground. Today we [...]

And They’re Off – for the Marquesas!

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:40:51 +0000

S/v Totem and s/v Capaz are on their way! They are buddy boating and have departed for the crossing to the Marquesas. I so wish that w could be going with them! As I understand it, their crossing is planned for about three weeks with favorable weather and we can follow Totem’s progress

Totem Departing [...]

La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Mexico

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:52:46 +0000

After a very long few days of driving with our five kids in our $750 Ford Windstar van, we arrived at our final destination - La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Mexico. We did of course, enjoy our stop over in San Blas, Mexico. As mentioned [...]

San Blas, Mexico

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:44:57 +0000

After a long drive, we finally arrived in a small town called, “San Blas”. It is a really cool little town and if you happen to get down there, we highly recommend you stop in

It is not a big town, it is a nice small town, but we seemed to be able to find all [...]

We Had Spring The Other Day

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:38:01 +0000

It was the first day of spring the other day. You could not ask for a more beautiful day for the first day of spring. It was absolutely [...]

Navajoa, Mexico

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:23:37 +0000

It had been a long drive. Traveling by car can be quite tiring. As we are strongly cautioned not to drive the highways after dark in Mexico, we had planned on staying at a hotel for the night. After all, we had covered a lot of real estate in the past few days. We ended [...]

4,700 Miles With Five Kids in a Ford Windstar

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:36:41 +0000

We just returned from a long road trip. 4,700 miles total round trip. It was a lot of driving, but well worth it! I will be uploading a series of posts in the next few weeks (or however long it takes) about out trip.

So where did we go?

What did we do?

Why would we ever go on a [...]

February Sun

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:20:41 +0000

What do you do when spring is getting close but still it is rainy, gray and cold?

It has been a long winter so when the sun came out today and it was somewhat warm, the kids wanted to go outside to get some sun and play. K-5 found the washtub full of water and wanted to [...]

Seven C’s Nearly Complete

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:16:21 +0000

We spent two solid days working on Seven C’s to get her finished and ready to list with a broker. Seven C’s is our Bluewater Yachts Ingrid 38 cutter sailboat that we love to sail in the ocean when we can.

Our kids really love the Ingrid!

We will be listing her with Duncan at The Project Boat [...]