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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 9, 2014

Shiraishijima

Position 34 d 24.36 N 133 d 31.56 E

After Nio, we were off to a fishing port on Shiraishijima.  About 16 miles away.  We had a great little sail over there and begain the raft up sequences with the boats.  The plan that night was a potluck with each boat bringing a speciality to the beach.  The local hosts provided some additional food and drink plus a lot of material to get a very large bonfire going.  The fire was greatly appreciated as the nights are turning cool.

The next day we all loaded up onto the two largest boats and headed over to Tomonoura, which is a very old port on Honshu.  This port has a lot of history dating back to the Edo period.  After exploring the port and having lunch we took a ferry over to Sensuijima, which we were told translates to drunken monk island.  Sensuijima has a bunch of walks and a nice onsen.  We did the former but not the later.

After returning to Shiraishima we had dinner on a neighbor boat and watched the luner eclipse.  We also bumped into a Japanese traditional flute player we met in Nagasaki.  He hand makes his own flutes and his music in the background while watching the eclipse was pretty special.

The old ferry boat sailing between Tomonoura and Sensuijima

View of Sensuijima

Old houses on Tomonoura

The old lighthouse on Tomonoura

View from Sensuijima

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