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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 - Galapagos Island Scenery
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Cetacea anchored just in front of the blue ship, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal Island.
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal Island.
Darwin Bay, San Cristobal, where we did our deep dive and wall dive and I saw an octopus for the first time.
Gail & Tony mailing postcards at the "Post Office" on Isla Floreana.
Isla Floreana Post Office.
Tony and his new friend on Floreana.
Red sand beach on Rabida Island.
Tony on a red sand beach, Rabida Island.
Rabida Island
Santiago Island with the lava flow formations that make you feel like you are on the moon.
Tony with the lunar like landscape on Santiago Island.
Gail and Tony standing on the pahoehoe (rope like) lava formation.
Santiago Island lava formations
Santiago Island lava formations
Santiago Island lava formations.
View from the top of Bartolome Island, looking down at Pinacle Rock.
Gail & Tony at the top of Bartolome Island with Pinacle Rock in the background.
Underwater volcanic crater on Bartolome Island.
Our cruise ship, MY Grace, with Bartolome in the background.
Pristine white sand beach.
Our guide showing us all the turtle nests on the beach just above the high tide line.
Espanola Island coastline
Espanola Island where we saw lots of boobies, hawks, iguanas, lava lizards and sea lions.
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island
A lava tunnel on Santa Cruz Island.
A lava tunnel on Santa Cruz Island.
 
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