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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
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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 [...]

The middle Keys

26 February 2012
Mr.K
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 it commenced to inflate itself into a volley ball which freaked us out let me tell you! After a quick snap shot of the Puffer Fish (which unfortunately did not turn out) he was quickly released to swim back to Pufferville to tell the tale. We of course are always hoping for something sizable and identifiable to put on the grill but that has yet to happen. We settled for pork lion rolled on a dry rub of garlic and black pepper, with flash grilled asparagus (Asparagus was WAY over cooked, but down the hatch anyway. And by the way,” flash grilled” means painted with olive oil sprinkle of garlic powder wrapped in foil and on the barbie for 4-5 minutes. I lost track of time.)

We then crossed to the ocean side of the keys and due to lack of an appropriate anchorage for the night we went to a marina which turned out to be a resort by every definition. This place was so nice that we stayed for two nights and lounged next to the pool for a record breaking five hours! The photo accompanying this blog is of a “frequenter” of the resort that undulated out of the bushes to drink out of the hot tub next to us at the pool. Four feet long, no joke. Wild America. With the weather telling us that a cool front (they don't call them cold fronts down here) was on the way we made a hop further down the keys to anchor. We are now tucked into a lee shore as the 15-20 knot winds clock around from the north to the southeast over the next two days. For all you anchoring buffs, we dropped anchor and backed down towards the west and set the anchor for two minutes at 2800 rpm and then I snorkeled to the anchor and found that it was buried out of sight (a beautiful thing when wind is on the way).

With this wind we could sail to Key West in four hours! But why? Tonight it is stuffed Poblano peppers and tacos with all the trimmings. We may even get out the blender and make little ones out of big ones from the ice tray for an accompanying margarita (one with salt, one without).

So boil big pots of water on the stove and get the humidity up to 90%, set the thermostat at 80, turn on all the lights, cook something good and you will be here! Arrivederci for now, Mr.K
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