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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 - Best of Tonga Snorkeling (September - October 2016)
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Tricolor Parrotfish
Bicolor Angelfish
Spotted Boxfish
Australian Anemonefish
Clark
Anemonefish in coral
Saddleback Anemonefish
Freckled Hawkfish
Slingjaw Wrasse
Longnose filefish
Picasso Triggerfish
Flagtail Triggerfish
Two-spined Angelfish
Yellow-barred Parrotfish
Striped Surgeonfish
Black-spotted Puffer
White-spotted Puffer
Striped Puffer
Balloonfish
Yellow Boxfish juvie
Jansen
Blue Triggerfish
Bridled Monocle Bream
Momofin Dartfish
Sixtripe Wrasse
Spotfin Squirrelfish
Sunset Wrasse
Specked Sandperch
Jewel Damselfish
Fiano Fangblenny
Highfin Grouper
Redshoulder Wrasse
Whitebelly Toby
Whitestripe Sandperch
Neon Damselfish
Blue Damselfish
Chevroned Butterflyfish
Bluestripe Snapper
Yellowfin Soldierfish
Starfish - Blue Sea Star
Starfish
Starfish
Granulated Sea Star
Starfish Crown of Thorns
Cushion Sea Star
Cushion Sea Star
Sea Cucumber
Sea Cucumber
Black Knobby Sea Cucumber
Reef
Reef
Reef
Reef
Reef
Reef
 
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