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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 - Machu Picchu, Peru - Nov 17, 2013
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View of Machu Picchu with Wayna Picchu in the background.
View of Wayna Picchu (from the Sun Gate). Note that we had to first climb down before climbing up to the top of Wayna Picchu and it really was as steep as it looks!
"Magical mist" coming up from the valley.
It was a steep climb up Wayna Picchu with almost no rails at all.
The trail up to Wayna Picchu.
They did not tell us we had to climb through a cave on the way up!
Tony had to take off his backpack to fit through the cave. This is where some people turned back.
Gail and Tony half way up Wayna Picchu.
The view of the valley from the top of Wayna Picchu.
The view of Machu Picchu from the top of Wayna Picchu.
Gail and Tony, with our friend Rachel (from Spain) at the top of Wayna Picchu.
Gail on the trail down which was even steeper than the trail up.
Tony climbing down the trail with no rails - not a place for anyone with even a slight case of vertigo!
Intihuatana - the Inca astronomic clock or calendar.
Temple of the condor. Can you see the condor?
The Royal Tomb, under the Temple of the Sun.
The Temple of the Sun.
The Sacred Rock, shaped like the mountain in the background.
The Ceremonial Rock, where they performed animal sacrifices.
The Inca stone walls were made with stones carved to be convex on one side and concave on the other side to be earthquake proof.
The walls of residential structures were made with mortar, but not the walls in the temples and sacred places.
Evidence of earthquake damage.
The industrial sector.
View looking down on the temples and King
Agricultural terraces with the guard house at the top.
Quipu strings used to keep track of all the materials the Incas owned such as the number of llama, gold, etc.
Main Plaza with the residential and industrial areas on the right and the temples and King
Tony climbing up to Intipunku, the Sun Gate.
Gail at the top of Intipunku, with Machu Picchu and Wayna Picchu in the background.
 
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SV-Cetacea

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

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