[Rhodes22-list] Ed, Bob, Luis - Locales

[Julia Guzman]

Bob,

The areas north of St Petersburg on this coast are
also popular areas for retirement and for boating.
Heading up the coast a bit sees a big drop in expense.
Though the beaches are not as pleasant or as common,
boating abounds. You probably will want to at least
look at that area up north of and around the Tarpon
Springs, Crystal River and Weekeewachi areas. In fact,
you might find it to be a better area for investing in
property as there are still good deals to be found and
lower taxes. Sarasota is very nice of course, but
extremely high end and seasonal.

~ Julia Guzman

--- DCLewis1 at aol.com wrote:

> 
> Ed,  Thanks for the Lake Thurmond lead, I’ll
> probably pass on that  though.  
> Living on a lake named after old Strom could give me
> pause.   Which raises an 
> issue I’d overlooked: will eclectic Yankees fit in
> different  parts of South 
> Carolina?  Could be interesting. 
>  
> Re sailing north of Amelia, the guy we spoke with
> about that (we were  
> actually in Brunswick Ga at the time) showed us the
> area you might be referring  to. 
>  The area he highlighted was approximately
> elliptical; with channels in  and 
> out.  It looked more than wide enough to sail in,
> not just a  channel.  He 
> said small boats did sail that area, as I recall.  I
>  measured off the long axis 
> of the ellipse,  it was about 6 mi.  I  think that
> area may be the Cumberland 
> Sound, I’m looking at a different map now,  the
> original is still with the guy 
> in Brunswick.  There may be another area  you’re
> thinking of.  
>  
> Regarding the Amelia Island link in your post: I
> have to tell you we saw  the 
> public marina shown in your link, all the
> recreational boats in the water  
> were literally sitting on mud - I’m not
> exaggerating. Not a lot of water, at  
> least when the tides out.  Larger commercial/tourist
> boats  were  docked at the 
> end of piers that extended well off the shore,
> probably in a  dredged area.  
> There is also a private marina as you come on the 
> island,  the marina operator 
> told me it was a dredged area (I have nothing 
> against dredged areas, it just 
> suggests the area is intrinsically  shallow).  Also,
> with the private marina, 
> and probably the public marina,  you’ve got to
> navigate what appeared to me 
> to be a maze of channels to get to  open water.  
>  
> Bob, I followed up on your suggestion and touched
> base with Tom Scott,  thank 
> you for that lead.  His response was that PG/PC was
> indeed hit hard  with the 
> hurricane, that they are rebuilding (not yet
> rebuilt).  The  marina is 
> closed, ramps aren’t great, and the best shot at
> sailing is to have  
> waterfront/canal-back property.  Tom said there is a
> lot of good  sailing there.  
>  
> Luis, You likely hit the source of bias in our
> assessment of  
> Sarasota/Bradenton, we tried to stay close to the
> coast.  That’s pretty  much what we saw.
>  
> Dave
>  
>  
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