Cetacea

Cetacea is a 53 foot Cheoy Lee Motorsailor. The owners Tony and Gail Wessendorff (Houston, Texas) retired in 2012 and left St. Lucia where they had been keeping Cetacea for 12 years. In 2013, they sailed from St. Lucia to cruise the western Caribbean and end the year in Panama. In 2014, they transited the Panama Canal, to Galapagos, Marquesas, Societies and ended the year in Tahiti. In 2015, they spent the year in the Society Islands. In 2016, they cruised in the Tuamotus and Societies, and headed west to the Cooks, Niue, Samoa, Tonga and ended the year in New Zealand. In 2017 - 2018, they toured NZ and completed a major refit project. In 2109, they sailed to Fiji and spent the season cruising in the Lau Group, Mamanucas and Yasawas. At the end of the season, they sailed to Vanuatu on the way to the Solomons, where they left the boat for the cyclone season. In 2020, they plan to cruise the Solomons and Vanuatu.

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Posted: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 - 09:57

From Munda, we moved to Liapari, which is a 240-acre island, separated from Vella La Vella Island by a river. The marina consists of a dock where you med moor with some power (when the generator is

Posted: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 - 09:21

After clearing in, we moved to a really nice anchorage right off Agnes's Lodge. We stayed a week and started working on all the projects to shut down the boat, including washing all the salt off the

Posted: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 - 20:36

We arrived in Noro at 12:00 noon. They let us tie up to the fuel dock after the ferry left. We managed to get all cleared in by 4:30pm, which involved going to Customs and filling out the

Posted: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 - 10:48

We had no wind all day yesterday and it did not fill in until midnight. Unfortunately, it was dead down-wind. So we kept our flippers out and stayed on the rumb line in order to arrive Noro as

Posted: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 - 09:00

Well, the forecast showed 18-23 knots wind, but starting at noon we had less than 10 knots, with the exception of when a squall would pass by. We had a line of squalls near us all afternoon and

Posted: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 - 08:57

Day 5. The sea state remained challenging all day yesterday and through the night, which made it difficult to get a connection on our satellite to do a post. Thankfully, the sea has finally calmed

Posted: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 - 07:54

Bumpy sea overnight, such that you really have to hold on. Even so, I managed to get a couple cruise bruises. A 600 foot cargo ship passed 1.5 miles in front of our bow last night. It was headed

Posted: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 - 20:06

Just learned that the amazing sunsets and sunrises are due to the fires burning in Australia, which is so sad. Conditions today have gotten a bit testy with 2.5 m seas, short period (steep), which

Posted: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 - 09:09

Day 3. We have had some of the most amazing sunsets and sunrises. Last night, almost the entire sky turned bright orange. So far, our conditions have been great; sunny skies, partial moon lit

Posted: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 - 20:21

Today was a beautiful day at sea with a sunny sky. The sea was a little bigger today, but the wave period is about 8 seconds (as opposed to 5-6 seconds yesterday) making it much more comfortable

Posted: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 - 08:06

Last night was uneventful. Just a bit rolly with short period seas. Kept one engine on to hold our course and speed steady as we don't want to dawdle on this passage. Beautiful sunrise this

Posted: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 - 18:09

  Day 1 has been a really nice down-wind sail. Kept one engine on until the wind filled in and hope to turn it off very soon.  Not much to report; boring is good.
More Later - G&T

Posted: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 - 09:21

We arrived in Vanuatu on Friday and it was just after 5 pm, so we had to wait to Saturday to clear in with customs.But, we had to finish clearing in with Immigration and Bio on Monday.Got to have a

Posted: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 - 20:15

On a mooring ball in the Port Vila anchorage. We finally did get to sail today by about noon, although we kept engines on to make sure we got in before dark. Got in at 5:15pm, before sunset. Missed

Posted: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 - 07:12

Another beautiful night at sea, with a full moon, long period swell, and gentle breeze, although not enough wind to sail. But, that is about to change, as there is a trade wind surge coming and we

Posted: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 - 18:33

Beautiful day at sea, with a sunny sky, long period swell, and gentle breeze, although not enough wind to sail. Looking at the weather forcaste for tomorrow, we decided to put out 2 flippers to give

Posted: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 - 06:54

We had a bright red sunset while we ate dinner - Indian dahl, rice and nan bread. Red sky at night; sailors delight - we hope! Overnight we lost our wind and this big fat whale needed to put out a

Posted: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 - 17:36

Great day sailing! The sea got bigger, but it became more organized and less steep (now, 9 or 10 seconds), so it is much more comfortable on board. Got in some good naps today. Wind is starting to

Posted: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 - 08:15

Started out Tues with SE wind 20 knots, sea 1.5 meters from the S, about 8 sec, sunny above, black clouds in front of us, averaging 6.5 knots. In the afternoon, we went through the trough with rain

Posted: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 - 08:15

Started out Tues with SE wind 20 knots, sea 1.5 meters from the S, about 8 sec, sunny above, black clouds in front of us, averaging 6.5 knots. In the afternoon, we went through the trough with rain

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