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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 - Day 1 - Panamal Canal Transit - November 17, 2014
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Leaving the Shelter Bay Marina.
The container port in Colon, Panama.
Close up of the Colon port.
Tanker just came through the locks while we wait for our advisor.
Car ship just came through the locks while we wait for our advisor.
Bonnie and Chris enjoying the views of the ships.
Bonnie and Gail enjoying the nice breeze.
Tanker at anchor with Clipper in front and Karma in the back, waiting for our advisors.
Finally!  Here comes our advisor, Edwin!
We got our official "Ship Identification Number" for transiting the Canal.
Bonnie and Gail enjoying the ride.
Entering the locks behind the tanker.
In the lock with the tanker, Glorious Sunrise.
The smaller sailboat, Clipper, on our starboard side.
Cetacea in the lock rafted up with Clipper on one side and Karma on the other.
Karma on our port side.
Left to right: Bryan, Garrow, Gail, Paul, Tony, Chris and Bonnie.  Relaxing while the lock fills with water.
The lock is filled and the tanker is getting ready to move - watch out!
 
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