Before we did the rally we were asked to convert our boat to a temporary local boat with Japanese customs. This would make rally operations easier and allow locals to join the boat from port to port with out too much paperwork. However it meant we couldn't get duty free diesel and most recently we are to receive three new sails and covers from overseas and would have to pay the local sales tax. By converting back to international a couple of months early it means we have to do a bit more paperwork as we pass through ports on our way to Hokkaido but we save nearly 160,000 yen. So it was really a no brainier. Now we can afford another side trip to Baird Brewery before we leave Osaka. Our new scheduled departure from Osaka is 3rd of April. But that is Good Friday so may be the 4th. We will then work our way back to Hiroshima and wait for a weather window in the Japan Sea side.
Updates on the wind instruments. We have finished putting the mounting bracket on top of the mast but could not get a 1 inch stainless pole with 14 threads per inch machined on one side here in Japan. So we ordered one from West Marine. Hopefully we will have it next week. Today would have been nice to have it as it was blowing pretty good. We guess about 35 knots.
About Me
- SY Sari Timur
- Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
- 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"
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