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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"

May 11, 2015

Hakodate

Position N 41 d 46.016
              E 140 d 42.990

We just arrived in Hakodate, Hokkaido.  First for us both.  Neither of us have been to Hokkaido before.  And we pulled in and tied up to a spot right in the center of all the tourists.  And a famous hamburger joint right behind us.  As we were tying up, the Japan Coast Guard arrived and we did our formalities.

We still had some nasty chop until about midnight but are very glad we left when we did.  Gale warnings forecast for all of Japan for the next few days and we feel pretty snug in here.  We were not going to stop in Hakodate but the Akita customs guy talked us into it and we are are now glad we did.

The water heater burst a leak right before we left Akita so a last minute panic ripping that out and bypassing all the hoses so we could have water and engine.  We need to order a new one from West Marine.  Wished it could have waited two more months but it is better now than in two weeks as we leave or worse, happen after we left and then lose a bunch of fresh water.

Sari Timur with Monkey Fist rafted up to her.  Taken from the burger restaurant 

Posted by SY Sari Timur at 23:44

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