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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"

October 4, 2014

Nio

Well we dodged the karaoke mike.  And had a great time in Dogo, a copper mine on the way tour on the way home, and of course another party that night.  But we were all a bit concerned about typhoon 18 heading kind of for us so the next morning in a very stiff breeze we all left the marina for the trek over to Nio and a slightly safer marina.  The breeze was strong but right on the nose.  We were kind of anxious to get the boat battened down so we just motored it.  That seemed to be the popular decision as only one boat raised the sails.  After securing the boat it was off to another party.  We also met up with a couple that we had met in Hirado.  This is their home port.  We ended up on their boat for the after party drinks and had chance to catch up on what they had been up to.

Today we have a walking tour around Nio, which is supposed to have lots to see.  The typhoon is scheduled to pass between midnight tonight and dawn tomorrow.  The present forecast has it steering a little more southeast so we should be spared the brunt of it.

A lot of frogs!!

A popular pastry shop in Nio town

This pharmacy is 400 years old, still run by the same family

Streets of old Nio town

Another shrine

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