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[quote=bacho]There isn't much, St. Andrews state park is your best bet close to the gulf. It's expensive though at $16ish by the time you pay to get in and ramp fees. It's also a very unforgiving set-up to cats, it's all sea wall with a rather tight entrance and exit. Plus heavy boat traffic.

My favorite place to launch is the ramp at the gulf coast state college. It's just on the Panama City side of the Hathaway bridge in the west bay. It's free, generally pretty quiet with several hundred yards of smooth beach. No sea wall or rip rap in sight. The ramp is a seamless transition to beach as well. Generally it's a nice broad reach to the pass from there. The downside is that it's 4-5 miles from the pass. Once your through the pass you have over a mile of St. Andrews park to sail by before you get to hotels.

What I recommend is launching from the suggested location and sailing to shell island with your family. You willl have a beautiful and pristine beach all to yourself. Much nicer than PCB and without other people causing problems.[/quote]

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