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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"

September 26, 2014

Omishima

We departed Hiroshima one day later than scheduled.  This was due to the rally organizers being worried about winds from the tropical storm.  We took the extra off day to visit the maritime museum in nearby Kure.

With the winds dissipated we departed on Wednesday the 24 for Omishima.  This has the largest floating yacht pontoon in Japan as well as a major shrine dedicated to seafarers.  Interestingly enough the shrine also has attached a museum with 80% of Japan's national treasures for swords and ancient armour.  Some of these swords were dated from the early 1100's.

Entrance to the shrine for seafarers

A really old camphor tree in the grounds of the shrine

The marine museum, with the big propeller

The large floating pontoon

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