Florida to Newport, RI

sailorjerry

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Feb 12, 2011
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Newport, RI
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2003 Sundancer 460
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Cummings 8.3 6CTA
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Next week we are vacating the rental house in Lighthouse Point, FL. Heather and I, along with Jake, the captain (pictured above) are going to head south to Key West for a week, then north to Miami. I plan to begin the trek north, up the coast in the last week of April, arriving in Newport mid May. If anyone is on the water and wants to get together for a beer, let me know where you are and how to contact you.
 
Jerry- will you be blogging along the way? If so let me know so I can follow along while I wait for my new 470DA to be finished and sent up here to Ohio last of May...thx..Don
 
Would love to read your blog if you intend to record your trip for all to read!
 
I would love to see picts and a detail of your trip....Your route information will help us who dream of doing this passage...Keep going to the Vineyard or Nantucket and I will meet you for that drink/s and even buy you dinner...
 
From the looks of it, we may be heading north at about the same time.
 
I will either be in Canaveral (most likely) or Stuart until the 20th - pm me if your in that neck of the woods that week - I'm probably not comming back to Newport until fall (I know, backwards) my slip is at The Newport Harbor Hotel, Where's yours?
 
Well... I had some work done on the boat and the yard bill came. My hopes and dreams seem to be too big for the wallet. But I still get to cruise back up so all doesn't suck. Jerry, are you going to cruise through the Chesapeake?
 
Turtle, I would like to do the Chesapeake. I went by it on the trip south. I should be in the Carolinas first week in May. Where are you leaving from and when?

Ididntdoit.....are you in Stuart until April 20th? If so I will probably miss you there. I am going to be in Ft. Lauderdale until April 22 or 23rd.
 
You will be almost home but I'm in Mystic, come on by!

Russ, I will probably be itching to get into Newport at that point, but you never know. I like Mystic. If we don't catch up there, we can definately plan on meeting up in BI or LI this summer. I go to Block a lot and Shelter Island and Sag also.

Congratulations on your boat!

Mike
 
I will either be in Canaveral (most likely) or Stuart until the 20th - pm me if your in that neck of the woods that week - I'm probably not comming back to Newport until fall (I know, backwards) my slip is at The Newport Harbor Hotel, Where's yours?

I keep the boat at Goat Island in Newport.
 
Jake in the pool.jpgCanal in the backyard at sunset.jpg

This is the canal in Lighthouse Point, FL where we rented the house. Obviously, Jake loves to swim. He is getting old on me. I am very happy to be able to do this trip with him.
 
Galleon Marina Key West.jpgHalftime Show.jpg

I stayed at the Galleon Marina in Key West for a week during the Superbowl. The pic of the boat (if you even look) is at the dock at the Galleon. The other pic is a girl that flew down from RI to watch the game. The front of the underwear had a Patriot's logo. I love Key West!!!!!!!!
 
Jewfish Creek, Florida Keys.jpg

This is Jewfish Creek in Key Largo. I stayed at Gilberts Marina. It was my only stop on the southern trip from Ft. Lauderdale to Key West. Very Rustic, beach bar, good beer, nice folks. The marina on the other side of the creek looked nicer, but this one was exactly what I wanted.
 
Russ, I will probably be itching to get into Newport at that point, but you never know. I like Mystic. If we don't catch up there, we can definately plan on meeting up in BI or LI this summer. I go to Block a lot and Shelter Island and Sag also.

Congratulations on your boat!


Mike


Thanks Mike, I look forward to it. Thanks for posting, your living the dream, I hope to do some long range cruising in the next year or so - as soon as I get her just right. Safe travels.
 

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