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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 - Pukara & Raqchi Inca Sites, Peru, November 13, 2013
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A statue holding a decapitated head, a sign of power.
Mummy on display at the Taller Museum in Pucara.
Example of tomb found at the Inca Site of Pukara.
Aerial view of the Pukara Site.
Example clay bull figurines that are placed on top of the house roofs throughout Peru.
View of the main square in Pucara with women selling the clay bull figurines.
Tony at the top of the pass over the Andes Mountains.
View of the green side of the Andes.
People working the fields by hand.
People working the fields by hand with cattle and sheep grazing nearby.
View of the countryside on the "green" side of the Andes Mountains.
Woman herding sheep.
Woman carrying probably at least 30 pounds on her back. Traditionally, the women do ALL of the carrying, not the men.
Countryside coming into Cusco with a field of red flowers.
Cemetery with decorated grave sites.
Close up of the cemetery.
Peruvian band playing the panpipes.
The Wiracocha Temple at Raqchi, believed to be the building with the largest roof in the Inca Empire.
The Wiracocha Temple at Raqchi.
Example of what the Wiracocha Temple would have looked like in the 1400s.
Tony in front of the houses.
Walkway between the houses where you can see the 13% angle of the walls.
View of what the houses would have looked like in the 1400s.
View of a circular storage building with a roof.
Tony in the doorway of a circular storage building.
 
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SV-Cetacea

Who: Tony Wessendorff & Gail Corrigan
Port: Houston, Texas, USA

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