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Alaska, United States
I am owned by Pauline and Mark Blasky. My hull was built at the Duncan Marine Yard in Taiwan and launched in Dec of 1980. It is a William Garden design based on the Pixie Design and called by Duncan Marine a Freedom 45. They are the fourth owners and have owned me the longest. They have done extensive refitting to me including replacing my entire deck structure and rig. My masts are roughly 10% taller than original and now are made of aluminium as opposed to the original wood ones, which, though pretty, were always problematic. You can read more about me under "MORE ABOUT SARI TIMUR"

January 30, 2012

Blog Update (Life is getting in the way of cruising)


Hey blog watchers!  It looks like we have dropped off the planet by the entries into our blog.  This isn’t true just been getting on with the mundane.  Pauline is working on average 6 days a week and Mark has been doing seven days a week on Sari Timur.  The varnishing is almost back up to scratch.  The storm windows are in and only some painting required to finish off that major project.
Last week a yacht that was supposedly stolen from the Marshall Islands and sailed here was located in a pretty remote bay here on Guam.  We say supposedly because the owner is not pressing charges but did have the Coast Guard remove the guy from the boat.  So they contacted a skipper to bring the boat around to a safer anchorage.  Mark got the call to assist and may also get the call to move it again to the Philippines.  We will see and will keep you all posted if that happens.

Sunday was Blues on the Bay.  An event run by the local yacht club to get more members and money for the club.  It was great fun and good music.  The tail end of the evening was a bit blurry for Mark!
The generator is playing up again.  We have sent an email to the expert and asked for his assistance.  This is supposedly one of the best generators for boats but we sure seem to have our share of problems with it.
Anyway do keep in touch and check us out from time to time.

January 10, 2012

We Passed!

The blog has been sitting pretty dormant for a while.  Pauline has found a job working with high end luxury brands.  Mark passed his STCW and got his Captains License revalidated and today we finally passed our road test and now have USA driving licenses again.  For most of you who have USA driver's licenses, this probably does not seem like much but it has been four months of jumping through hoops here to get them so we are relieved and pleased.