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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"

June 18, 2015

Progress


Position  N49 d 02.93 N
         E162 d 56.705 E

Well yesterday was extremely frustrating.  In hindsight we probably could of made it less so by tacking closer to the rum line rather than trying to out think the weather.  The weather though not bad was lumpy and we sailed one very long tack to the South East always adjusting the track rather than the sails for the course we were on which felt the most comfortable.  We did not notice the subtle wind shifts and therefore lost ground.  After sailing from 0400 until 2200 most of it averaging over 5.5 knots sometimes hitting low sevens we ended up back near the rumline with only a 12 mile gain.  It is amazing how cold and comfort will trump speed over ground!  Anyway could of been worse we could have lost ground.  The seas and wind have died off now and we are motor sailing along the rum line, a little slow as there is some residual swell but making progress.  Another low is in the area so we still do not know how that will affect our progress but the grib files tell us after that low the wind will be favorable.  Lets hope the models are wrong in our favor and we do not have to wait that long

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