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Vessel Name: Oasis Rose
Hailing Port: South Portland, ME
Crew: Marc Karn and Julie Gerety
28 March 2012 | Florida Keys
22 March 2012 | Florida Keys
17 March 2012 | Key West, FL
04 March 2012 | Key West, FL
26 February 2012
22 February 2012 | Key Largo
17 February 2012 | Ft Lauderdale, FL
16 January 2012 | southern FL
08 January 2012 | Melbourne, FL
05 January 2012 | Daytona Beach, FL
31 December 2011 | St Augustine, FL
23 December 2011 | St Augustine
16 December 2011 | Fernandina Beach
13 December 2011 | mid coast Georgia
05 December 2011 | Charleston, SC
02 December 2011 | Myrtle Beach, SC
28 November 2011 | Swansboro, NC
23 November 2011 | Alligator River, NC
18 November 2011 | Norfolk, VA
17 November 2011 | Solomon's Island, MD
Recent Blog Posts
28 March 2012 | Florida Keys

Still Playing in the Keys

Since leaving Key West, we have been having a lovely time just wandering around the Keys. The weather in the Keys is, in my opinion, nearly perfect with temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s always with a breeze that keeps it comfortable. Depending on what the winds are doing, we seek out a spot [...]

22 March 2012 | Florida Keys

Living Your Dreams

Greetings Everyone,

17 March 2012 | Key West, FL

This Key Fits

Greeting everyone! We escaped from Key West three days ago after a stay of almost two weeks. I say escaped as we were held captive by howling east winds which turned an intended two day stay into almost two weeks. However, Key West was great and we explored.

04 March 2012 | Key West, FL

It's blowin' in Key West!

After spending Friday at a lovely anchorage in Newfound Harbor off Big Pine Key, we headed out on Saturday morning for Key West. It was a beautiful day and after only about three hours, we arrived at the harbor entrance and tied up to a dock at a marina in Key West. What a busy place! It is easy to see [...]

26 February 2012

The middle Keys

Well ! Our goal has been to slow it all down and hang out here and there and not freeze. Happening! A few days ago we anchored at Shell Key early in the afternoon and again set about the arduous tasks of napping then fishing. Julie reeled in a delightful small fish and when she raised it out of the water [...]

22 February 2012 | Key Largo

Cruising in the Keys

We left Ft Lauderdale on Monday morning early so we could make the 7am opening of the bridge next to the marina and headed out the Port Everglades inlet to the outside as we made our way down to the Keys. It was a sunny day and the sea was fairly calm. As we were passing Miami, we were suddenly joined [...]

Cruising in the Keys

22 February 2012 | Key Largo
Julie
We left Ft Lauderdale on Monday morning early so we could make the 7am opening of the bridge next to the marina and headed out the Port Everglades inlet to the outside as we made our way down to the Keys. It was a sunny day and the sea was fairly calm. As we were passing Miami, we were suddenly joined by at least 8 to 10 dolphins who played and swam along with the Oasis Rose near the bow, keeping pace with us. It appeared that there were at least a couple of pairs of moms and babies swimming together in this group and they stayed with us for at least an hour which is the longest we have ever experienced. Usually they will only come and play for about 10 minutes before moving on. It was so much fun to watch! If that were not entertaining enough, we also spotted a number of flying fish going in the opposite direction, no doubt trying to get away from the dolphins! For those of you who never seen a flying fish, they are tiny fish who pop up to the surface of the water and seemingly stand upright on the tails, flap their tails, spread out their pectoral fins for lift and skim across the surface of the water at a fast speed for an amazing distance. They remind me of hummingbirds because they are small and so fast and the first time I saw one I had no idea what I was looking at! They are amazing to watch. We re-entered the ICW through Angelfish Creek and were in the upper Keys. We anchored for the night off Pumpkin Key, a private island in Card Sound.

After a relaxing morning on Tuesday, we got underway at around 11 am and headed further down the Keys. We stopped briefly to get diesel and gas and to top off the water tanks and then found a spot to anchor in Key Largo for the night. In the afternoon, Marc and I were fishing off the stern and I caught my first fish! We could not identify it and it was fairly small so we set it free but it was exciting just the same. Marc caught a small catfish and another small blue colored fish which he also released but it was a fun way to pass the afternoon as the sun was setting. The picture featured is off the sunset last night. We are enjoying just relaxing with no real plans of where to go and are just making it up as we go along!
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