Clearwater To West End, Grand Bahama Is.

EUROPA slipped her lines in Clearwater April 25, 2009 and took a very casual pace to Florida’s east coast through Lake Okeechobee.  Lake levels were down to 5ft. but we made it across without finding the bottom.  We departed Lake Worth Inlet at 6:45a…

Hibble, Bibble, Toil and Gribble

Since the new year the hull has many planks and bits of planks replaced including where there was a “skin fitting” (a kind of tap in the hull to let water in, or other liquids out, such as bilgewater) now we have a water-tight boat, and a kind of blan…

Hibble, Bibble, Toil and Gribble

Since the new year the hull has many planks and bits of planks replaced including where there was a “skin fitting” (a kind of tap in the hull to let water in, or other liquids out, such as bilgewater) now we have a water-tight boat, and a kind of blan…

Travels of The Rose 2009-04-30 13:51:00

Workhorse of the Intracoastal Waterway The Neuse RiverThursday, April 30, 2009Today we are sitting in a slip at Ocean Marine Yacht Center in Portsmouth, VA. Afte…

Travels of The Rose 2009-04-30 13:51:00

Workhorse of the Intracoastal Waterway The Neuse RiverThursday, April 30, 2009Today we are sitting in a slip at Ocean Marine Yacht Center in Portsmouth, VA. Afte…

Travels of The Rose 2009-04-24 05:09:00

Underway on St. Catherines Sound, GA Doing as I was told…………………………The Rose departed Telemar Bay Marina in Indian Harbour Beach, FL on 4/13/09 a…

Travels of The Rose 2009-04-24 05:09:00

Underway on St. Catherines Sound, GA Doing as I was told…………………………The Rose departed Telemar Bay Marina in Indian Harbour Beach, FL on 4/13/09 a…

Nice to be talked about… and photographed

The deck is being used as a workshop and it has several stacks of timber, grey-water tank under construction, caterpillar 3408, gearbox, twin-disc 7:1 (reconditioned) and the plastic cover, spotted and kindly photographed by John Jo with wryly observan…

Nice to be talked about… and photographed

The deck is being used as a workshop and it has several stacks of timber, grey-water tank under construction, caterpillar 3408, gearbox, twin-disc 7:1 (reconditioned) and the plastic cover, spotted and kindly photographed by John Jo with wryly observan…

April 2009 – Easter at Harborwalk Galveston