''Suda Bay'' was a 14.3 ton

motor boat A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine. Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion engine, the ge ...

that was one of the first boats used for a commercial tourist operation in the

Houtman Abrolhos The Houtman Abrolhos (often called the Abrolhos Islands) is a chain of 122 islands and associated coral reefs, in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia, about west of Geraldton, Western Australia. It is the southernmost true coral ...

. Between 1946 and 1948, ''Suda Bay'' and ''

Batavia Road ''Batavia Road'' is an anchorage, or roadstead, in the Pelsaert Group of the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia. It is located at , on the eastern side of Pelsaert Island, near its southern end.Australia 1:100000 Topographic ...

'' were used by Dal Gaze and Alan Fox to transport tourists to and from the Houtman Abrolhos, especially

Pelsaert Island Pelsaert Island is one of the islands of the Pelsaert Group, which is the southernmost of the three groups of islands that make up the Houtman Abrolhos island chain in Western Australia. Nominally located at , it consists of a numb ...

. This represents the first known commercial tourist operation in the Houtman Abrolhos. In 1948, the partnership between Gaze and Fox broke up, and thereafter Fox used ''Suda Bay'' for

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fishing in the vicinity of

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. A channel through the reefs just north of the island is today named

Suda Bay Passage Suda Bay Passage is a channel through reef just north of North Island in the Houtman Abrolhos. Located at ,''Gazetteer of Australia'' (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group. it is named after the ''Suda Bay'', ...

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