Should you go the rental route, here are three places the I know of that rent cats (mostly Hobies) in south Florida:
Holiday Water Sports on Ft. Myers Beach: (http://www.holidaywatersportsfmb.com/)
Miami Catamarans (http://www.MiamiCatamarans.com/)
Performance Sail and Sport in Melbourne: (http://www.performancesailandsport.com/)
Biscayne Bay (Miami) is good sailing and of course the farther south you go the warmer it is.
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Tampa, FL
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OMG this is a funny quote!
I used to work with his brother Mike here in Phoenix.
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I am planning to move to the Florida Gulf Coast near Sarasota from New Jersey. I sail from the beach here and would like to know the options available in the Sarasota area. I know beach permits are available in Naples; do other beach communities on the gulf have similar programs? -
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Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 07:41 PM
panama city beach.......here i/we come!!
next week (april 8th) i'm delivering the N5.8 i sold last october to the new owner in AL. we're set up in a great condo just across the street from the gulf. five of us are going from nebraska.
thanks for all the advice and tips! it motivated me to make the long drive!
j
Edited by arch on Apr 03, 2012 - 07:42 PM.
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Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 11:35 PM
Arch, you picked a truly beautiful place to sail.
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Panama city, FL
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Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 07:13 AM
hope you don't mind bikinnis!
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Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 08:22 AM
tyler,
are you on the water yet? maybe we could get together next week if you're interested in sailing together or just giving us some pointers on gulf sailing? we'll there mon-fri. staying at la valencia (west beach). let me know if this sounds like something you'd like to do!
j
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Posted: Apr 05, 2012 - 06:15 PM
Dan, how Long will your stay be? I am considering hauling my boat down there for the weekend
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Posted: Apr 05, 2012 - 08:13 PM
i sail out of sarasota, the Sarasota sailing squadron (http://www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org) has mast up storage and great launching places to get to the beach
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Posted: Apr 05, 2012 - 10:05 PM
bacho,
this is 'arch' also known as jon (not dan.) we arrive sat evening (7th) and will probably set up on sun. morning and try to sail in the afternoon. we'll be in PCB the whole week and drive out on sat the 14th.
right now we aren't sure where to put in. i only have rear wheel drive so the sand could get me stuck.
it would be great to sail together but our schedules may not overlap.
my cell is 402.613.5790 which i should have on starting fri. at 6am. call if this works for you.
j
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Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 03:25 AM
I will let you know what I come up with. I'm mostly going down there to go fishing. There is nowhere that I know of to launch of off the beach near PCB, I would give St Andrews state park a try. The Bonita bay ramp on Tyndall works well but it's quite a ride to the ocean from there.
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Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 09:03 AM
there's a great launch point at Key Sailing in PCB (PensaCola Beach... not Panama City)... Kirk Newkirk (owner) hosts regattas there... check out his website, and google map the place, you'll probably see cats on the beach... easy to launch out of there and fun sailing... AND he just got in the new NACRA F-16, you can drool on it...
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Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 08:36 PM
thanks guys. we found an access (#84) about 1 mile from our condo that will work. we'll use the beach wheels to take it most of the way to the water but it should be fine.
love the beach and the white sand. the prospect of steady breeze instead of gusting/shifting wind has us really excited as well.
thanks again!
j
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