Tag Archives | trawlers

Wait For It…

Rhode River, Tilghman Point, May 29-31 Hours logged: 5.0Again, no specific plans. Mark had no specific plans either, so we got in touch and decided to meet at Half Moon Bay in the Rhode River on Friday evening. Severe thunderstorms kept us waiting at…

Where Has Two Months Gone?

Two months ago – the last week of May – we were traveling north in the ICW. We stopped and enjoyed Cocoa Village – anchoring out just northeast of the Bridge.We were traveling with Pat and Pat from Salty Dawg. Pat and Wilma enjoyed shopping in the vi…

Bosun’s Locker and A Mediterranean Dream

Right at the pointy end of the boat there is a handy compartment where we can store ropes, spare anchors etc. and this is called the fo’c’sle, or Boatswain’s Locker. The hatch here has had the combing (the bit that sticks up from the deck to stop …

Travels of The Rose 2009-06-14 10:00:00

We enjoyed a visit with Uncle Joe & Aunt Karen who were visiting from Las Vegas. Celebrated Joshua’s 9th birthday! Whew! Shared Munchkins with our Grandaughter Ev…

Cruising The ICW With DIAMOND GIRL 2009-06-13 10:51:00

June 2009 Our trip north this year was laced with a lot of wind and rain. We left Palm Coast, FL on April 20 and started our northbound adventure. The first night we stopped in Pine Island Loop which is a really quiet anchorage. This year there were…

Travels of The Rose 2009-06-09 07:38:00

June 9, 2009For the past several weeks we have been busy with settling into our summer berth here at Brewer Greenwich Bay Marina in Warwick, RI. Our welcome home from boaters on our dock has been, (as always!) overwhelming. It seems like the boating se…

Exploring The Hub Of Abaco

Friends from Clearwater, Cliff & Donna Wyatt arrived May 26 along with the sunshine.  Cliff & Donna stayed a week.  The sunshine didn’t!After one night enjoying more fresh stone crabs in Marsh Harbour, we untie EUROPA and leave the ha…

Exploring The Hub Of Abaco

Friends from Clearwater, Cliff & Donna Wyatt arrived May 26 along with the sunshine.  Cliff & Donna stayed a week.  The sunshine didn’t!After one night enjoying more fresh stone crabs in Marsh Harbour, we untie EUROPA and leave the ha…

Bilge Keels and Romance

We met a chap in Fort Augustus on the way through the canal, a man called Dick, who is a chef. He had taken a converted Scottish trawler to the Mediterranean and the main bit of advice he gave us was to fit bilge keels, so we have done just that. Also…

Manjack Cay, Abaco to Ft Pierce, FL

As our last posting stated, we left Boat Harbour in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas on Thursday, April 10th, 2009.We crossed through the Whale Cay cut without any problems. We traveled with our good friends Pat & Pat Dwyer on Salty Dawg.After our b…