Cruising Again! After a nice week at Marina Jack’s in Sarasota, we cruised south today and are anchored out at Pelican Bay in Cayo Costa State Park.We cruised out in the Gulf instead of the ICW because the waves were only about 1 ft. in the Gulf. It …
Cruising South in ’09
Just like the geese, it’s time to head south for the winter. We had a wonderful summer cruising in the Chesapeake Bay, but we always look forward to traveling on the ICW. It’s beautiful and very interesting. There is usually always something new to…
Guernsey to La Coruna
St Peter Port certainly proved well fixed for interesting little restaurants and pubs and we managed to sample a fair selection. However, much as we were enjoying our time in Guernsey, we were keen to be heading South and to some warmer weather.&…
FLIR Is Working Again
Derek from Alcom reinstalled the FLIR Mariner camera and the system came up immediately on power up. FLIR replaced our faulty unit with an upgraded model. We can see the difference in contrast levels. When the camera output is routed to the flats…
Travels of The Rose 2009-12-04 12:34:00
December 4, 2009After about a 6 week stay we’ve flown to RI where we’ll remain for the Christmas Holidays through January 1st.As we expected and despite being grounded for the winter, Telemar Bay Marina in Indian Harbor Beach, FL was a regular sto…
Winches, Paint and St Brit
Now that the deckhouse is on, the whole boat feels like it is not far from being ready for sea, poor fools that we are, there is so much more to do, not least the painting of the outside of the hull. We have got used to the silver primer (it matches th…
The Cursed Crossing- Break, Break, Break
We spoke with our good friend Andy Allen, owner of MV seeDee. He agreed to go with us on the crossing to the Abacos. We picked him up on Thursday night, had a great dinner at a Dominican Republic restaurant in Jacksonville, FL. Christie Comrie drove ou…
Getting Ready to Go to Abaco, Bahamas
John Henry was pulled for a new paint bottom job and the running gear cleaned by Holland Marine. While on the hard, Wink and Wilma did a lot of cleaning. All the portholes had their screens removed, cleaned and replaced along with the stainless ports …
November 30, 2009
The early Monday morning finds us cruising along the Mobile Bay, in water that–at 8-8-1/2 feet–is not as deep as many swimming pools! It is a gorgeous sunny morning with fluffy clouds scattered randomly in a sky that contains more shades of blu…
November 2009 Wild Dunes, SC
November 2009 Bender BlogIsle of Palms, SC
This month saw no water travel at all but our Michelins have seen many road miles and we’re still in Charleston, SC. We returned from our mountain get-away the first of November. I love islands and clear wate…
