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Posted By: Nickens, Dan
Date Posted: Aug 13, 2019
Description: It was hard to take: lots more time to explore, but no magic carpet
to see it from above. Was there any chance that the trip could be
saved with a field repair? It was my highest priority to find out.
Surprisingly the once reticent agents were now behind getting the
seaplane back into the act.
Date Taken: July 14, 2019
Place Taken: Big Witu Island, (Garove) north of the Talasea peninsula, PNG
Owner: Nickens, Dan
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Category: Yacht Tending PNG
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Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Overnight SuRi relocated to submerged volcanic crater. The wind and waves outside were still wild,
but inside the protected water was beautiful. Too bad my ride was broken. 		     Attachments:  

Protected Water 2019-07-14 06.18.31
Protected Water 2019-07-14 06.18

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    During WW1 a German raider (the Wolf IV) hid from the Australian Navy inside the crater. The ship
was a raider disguised as a merchant ship with masts and stacks that could be lowered to deceive its
victims. It completed the longest unsupported cruise of any warship in WWI. It also carried a
seaplane to spot victims. The Wofchen (“little wolf) was a Friedrichshafen FF.33 seaplane.

I have no idea if the Wolfchen was launched inside the crater, though it seemed unreasonable to fly
the Searey inside a cauldera when the wind outside was so wild. There would have been room,
though, even if it required a circling takeoff with an exit through the gap in the ring wall. It was all
speculative, though, because SuRi’s SeaRey wasn’t going anywhere with its bent wing. 		     Attachments:  

Stern To 2019-07-14 07.45.05
Stern To 2019-07-14 07.45

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    After a frustrating day of inspecting damage and trying to figure out what I could do to fix the
damage, I’d given up. I put in a call to the expert. I’d hoped Kerry would say, “Just apply some
duct tape and go for it.” He didn’t. 		     Attachments:  

Back to Sea 2019-07-14 17.51.48
Back to Sea 2019-07-14 17.51

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    I was up early the next day ready to fix my SeaRey. The weather ahead was looking promising.      Attachments:  

Better Ahead 2019-07-16 06.06.27
Better Ahead 2019-07-16 06.06

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Could it be the bad weather was being left behind?      Attachments:  

Left Behind 2019-07-15 06.27.23
Left Behind 2019-07-15 06.27

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Drat! What is it they say about aircraft crash victims? The funeral is held under clear skies?      Attachments:  

Flat Water 2019-07-15 08.42.43
Flat Water 2019-07-15 08.42

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    It was just torture looking at the beautiful, calm water with nothing to fly. I’d sent pictures of the
damage to Kerry and an aircraft engineer in New Zealand. They were scrambling to come up with a
solution that would get me back into the air. 		     Attachments:  

Inside Parking 2019-07-15 08.43.27
Inside Parking 2019-07-15 08.43

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Argh! Perfect water for the SeaRey. Not so good for Japanese ships in World War Two. There was a
sunken wreck nearby, the “Sanko Maru” and a midget submarine it was towing. They were bombed
and strafed by B-25s. With its tow ship going down, the submariner scuttled his vessel. He was
taken aboard another ship, but it was sunk too. He swam ashore and survived the rest of war. It
was a little strange to be swimming around inside the peaceful reef with the stark reminder it had
not always been so. 		     Attachments:  

Fine Water 2019-07-16 13.02.22
Fine Water 2019-07-16 13.02

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Bad news came early. No one thought it would be a quick field repair. I was down for the duration.
I could go home. If only I could get there. The local village had no airport. 		     Attachments:  

Native Place 2019-07-16 18.26.04
Native Place 2019-07-16 18.26

    
  
John Dunlop - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    I guess the chopper to Rabail and then on PNG or Niugini to Port Moresby??
Sad state of affairs.. You need a spare wing! (I guess you might already carry spare tail feathers..)
Absolutely wonderful photos Dan! 		    
  
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    All will be revealed soon, John, but I don't need a spare wing. I need a spare SeaRey. But, I've figured out how to do that. I'll just
have Michael Smith on call and he can fly Southern Sun to where ever my broken SeaRey happens to be. 		    


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