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Cetacea in Australia

12 September 2023
Tony Wessendorff
In March 2023, we flew back to Cetacea in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. We had a bottom job (new paint on the bottom) done in the shipyard. We left PNG in May sailing to Indonesia. Half way there, we had a generator heat exchanger go out, so we ended up sailing to Darwin, Australia, which was the closest place we could get repairs made. We found that we got water in our fuel (in PNG) and it caused other problems as well. We got the engine and generator problems fixed and took off for Indonesia again, only to have more problems. So we boomeranged back to Darwin. We have been in Darwin for almost 4 months now, fixing one thing, only to have another thing break, fixing that thing, only to have something else break. And, each time, it takes weeks to get the parts shipped in. But, we have thoroughly enjoyed our time in Darwin!

Finally, we think we are ready to leave again, scheduled for Friday September 13th, crossing our fingers! We do not keep up with this blog site any longer. We do sporadic email blogs now. If you would like to get on the email blog list, just send me an email (GailCorriganW@gmail.com). But, I will update our position and add at least an annual note on where we are on this blog site.

More Later, much later
G&T
Vessel Name: Cetacea
Vessel Make/Model: Cheoy Lee 53' Motorsailor
Hailing Port: Houston, Texas, USA
Crew: Tony Wessendorff & Gail Corrigan
About:
After 25 fun filled years as an environmental consulting firm owner, Gail sold her company and she and her husband, Tony the CFO, retired to go sailing on their boat Cetacea (see photo gallery). Cetacea was in St. [...]
Extra: P.S. Cetacea is the higher order biological name for whales and dolphins. Whales and dolphins are cetaceans. And our boat is a big fat whale of a boat, hence the name Cetacea! Not to mention that Tony & Gail, like all sailors, love whales.
Cetacea's Photos - Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca, Puno, Peru
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View of Taquile Island from a distance.
View of the houses and terrace farming.
Close up view of houses.
The island has several villages, all separated by these gateways.
Tony and Gail in a gateway between 2 villages.
The view of Lake Titicaca is really nice and on a clear day you can see the mountains in Bolivia.
View of the terraces on the hillside.
Demonstration of a woman spinning yarn.
The men on Taquile Island do all the knitting, while the women spin the yarn.
The men are famous for their hats and different hats are worn for different reasons.
The people on Taquile have dances they do for planting, for harvesting, for courting, and for various celebrations.
This is the dance for planting.
This is the dance for harvesting.
This is a dating dance where the girl is singing to Tony "kiss me now".
They heard sheep on Taquile Island.
 
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