DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE CREW?

You didn’t know that we picked up crew this winter did you? We have four, actually.  Fergus, Archie, Arby and Monty.  We thought we would introduce you to each of them...

Fergus and Archie came on board together at Christmas time.  They share a berth in our salon and henpeck each other to death!  Fergus is a bully and Archie just nods and takes it like a man…well not exactly like a man since Archie is a colourful turtle with a wobbly head and Fergus is a highly decorated frog with green striped outstretched arms always trying to get at Archie.  They’re not very good on deck so they guard our two hand woven Mexican baskets where we keep loose pesos.


Monty, finely clothed in his plaid pants and pointed plaid hat, is the first person…well not exactly a person, to greet you to Falcon VII.  He’s a moose and since moose do swim occasionally (across channels usually) we thought he would be a  valuable addition in case one of us fell overboard and needed rescuing.

Monty joined us mid-December, spent Christmas with us and was very welcoming to both Archie and Fergus on Christmas morning.  He volunteered to show them the ropes and sometimes acts as referee when they start fighting.











The last to join our motley crew was Arby, or ARRR BE as we like to call her since she’s a pirate at heart.  She flew down to help us bring Falcon VII home to Victoria.  She is the senior member of our little crew as she is nearly 60.  Her credentials were outstanding! Before joining Falcon VII she was lookout at the top of a wooden mast on a 1.5 foot long wooden sailboat that housed a clock, my family’s prominent mantelpiece clock, to be exact. Year after year Arby watched over our family from her perch.   She accompanied Mom on her move to Douglas House seniors’ facility and was Mom’s constant companion there for more than 5 years. Arby also stands for ‘Row Boat’, as a constant reminder of Mom, who passed away March 19 in Victoria.  It seemed fitting that Arby should come to Mexico with us, don’t you think!


So there you have it, the prestigious crew of FalconVII.  And all this time you thought it was just Jim and me on Falcon VII. Now you know why things are going so well since we have so much help!

Jim and Tricia Bowen
S/V FalconVII
email: tandjbowen13@gmail.com