Well it took two days of travel for Mark to get home from Dutch Harbor. Sitka has experienced a number of cases of CV19. It is also one of the top tourist destinations in the state, so at the airport he was met with the notice to either go get checked and submit to self isolation for only the days until the test results come back (3-5) or he would have to do self isolation for 14 days. As he could only count on a few weeks of time off he went for the check. The results came back negative so he is free to do precautionary things through out the island.
His trip on the tug boat went rather well. They had to go on the outside around Canada as the fill in captain did not have clearance for the inside passage. The captain had been through there probably a hundred or more times. However none during the last couple of years to keep his recency up. He can appeal but we didn't have time before departure. The weather cooperated until we reached Alaskan waters. There was a threat of some rough weather so they dipped into Chatham Strait and avoided it. In Seward they offloaded most of the stuff off of the barge and loaded on some more. Two of the owners were trying to get back to Dutch and because the airline that serves Dutch went bankrupt they chose to ride the tug back. Again we had a good trip and the owners got to see some of the things we had been mentioning as crew and also helped the crew figure out some of the Reese's idiosyncrasies. So good for everyone. We were worried that Mark was going to be stuck there for several days but after a couple of days a way home for him and the captain became available.
Now that he is home he can do some maintenance to Sari Timur and help with the chores including making some good dinners for when Pauline comes home.
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"
