[Rhodes22-list] Punta Gorda/Port Charlotte

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Luis,

Where would you suggest the best marina is for rates and ease of in and out.  Will they let you park the trailer on site?  Any dry storage with mast up?
I agree with you on location, awesome.  Are you getting serious calls about the rental?

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Luis Guzman <trpclman at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Mar 6, 2006 11:41 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Punta Gorda/Port Charlotte
>
>Dave,
>   
>  You should take a look at the Sarasota/Bradenton area. There are lots of Marinas, lots of sailboats, and lots of places to go without running aground.
>   
>  Luis
>
>DCLewis1 at aol.com wrote:
>  
>Folks,
>
>Back on Feb 9 I posted a request for input regarding sailing/retirement 
>locales. A number of people responded. Several people suggested Punta 
>Gorda/Port Charlotte (PG/PC).
>
>We visited PG/PC about 2 weeks ago on a swing down the east coast and I was 
>surprised.
>
>- There was 1 power boat in the PG marina, no sail boats. For practical 
>purposes it was empty.
>- I asked at the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) about the lack of boats and was 
>told the marina had been closed for 2 years. It has to be dredged. I was 
>told the plan was to open it next year - but the lady didn’t sound convinced of 
>that.
>- We went to PG Isle to assess their beach and see the boating. The beach 
>was minimal and clearly there was still a lot of debris from the hurricane 
>that hit them 2 years ago.
>- While at the PG beach we saw one sail boat (~30') motor out of a canal, 
>appear to run aground, turn around, and motor back into it’s canal. As I 
>recall we saw no sail boats off shore out to the horizon.
>- We drove over to the PC beach. Same story. Somewhat bigger beach, but a 
>lot of debris in the water. We saw 1 sail boat on the horizon.
>- We asked the PG CoC people about keeping a boat at PG. They said that if 
>you wanted to do it NOW that you’d have to go out to the Burn’t Store Marina 
>- which is about 15 to 20 minutes out of PG. The marina may be in the next 
>county, it’s sure not in PG proper.
>- The Burnt Store Marina looked to be active, quite a number of boats and 
>sailboats.
>
>But my problem is PG/PC. This is their high season, I’d expect to see a lot 
>of boats. We saw basically none. The PG marina is closed and has been 
>closed for a couple of years.
>
>Was the PG/PC sailing ground basically wiped out by the hurricane that hit 
>them? It sure didn’t look active to me. What have I missed?
>
>Dave
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