Fishermens Village Marina

Sailgunner · Mar 3, 2012

The area is fantastic. Charlotte Harbor is great for sailing with access to the world. You can't beat having your boat in the backyard. Fisherman's Village is going to be pretty expensive. You might try Burnt Store Marina if you want to leave your boat at a marina. There are several areas to live around here but we are partial to Punta Gorda Isles. Good Luck! Send me a private message if you have questions or would like more local information.

seadaddler · Mar 3, 2012

All American

All American is the yard to use for what you want and all boaters from the area use this yard and I have used recently and was very happy wither their service.
Punta Gorda is a very friendly boater town with many homes on many miles of canals and you will find many different homes with canals to keep a boat behind the home.
I have been sailing my Hunter 36 here in Charlotte Harbor and all over the west coast since moving down from Long Island,NY and we love it here with many great places to cruise to and many good boat clubs like the PGSC that you can check out on the web.
Check out Burnt Store marina.
Nick

PGIJon · Mar 3, 2012

We used to keep our Pearson in Montrose Harbor and we love it here in Punta Gorda! Lot's of Cubs & Bears Fans! I grew up in Highland Park. We are in the old sailboat section and have room for both an 19 foot power boat and very shortly we will be ownership (keep fingers crossed) of a 34. We are about 3 minutes from the harbor. Depending on the draft of you 376 there are places you want to be aware of. Also there are some area (the bird section) where it takes 45 minutes to an hour till you can raise the sails. We chose Location and rebuilt the house. PGI is very unpretentious and without a doubt the gem in the haystack.

med2463 · Mar 4, 2012

We spent a month (in the 90's) each at Burnt Store Marina and Fishermen's Village before we bought our home in PGI. We didn't like Burnt Store because it was so far from stores. Fishermen's is close to downtown Punta Gorda. Check out my website that includes information about Punta Gorda from a boater perspective. http://dinghytogrocerystorewestfl.blogspot.com/ We found a home in Port Charlotte that I loved, but when checking county code compliance, found it was pretty lax, some of the neighborhoods were trashy, so be careful and look around the area close to the house you are interested in. We bought a house in PGI in 1998 in the old sailboat section that is 5 min from the harbor. Punta Gorda has city codes that seem to be more strict than Charlotte county (which isn't important to everyone). We love it here.

Bill1565 · Mar 4, 2012

jwieneck said:
The thing is to find the house she likes with the ability to put the boat in the back

Lucky you. Lots of choices today. In 1998, when we swallowed the anchor, there were only six homes for sale in Punta Gorda Isles.

Can't say enuff good about PGI. City owns and maintains the concrete seawalls, dredges the inlets, maintains nav aids (with the county). city also mows vacant lots, repairs roads, top notch police and fire departments.

med2463 · Mar 4, 2012

It's called the sailboat section because there are no bridges to the harbor. Many of the homes in PGI are limited by the canal bridges, so tall power boats/sailboats can't get out to the harbor. It's called old because it is the section where the first homes were built. Many have been torn down, esp since Hurricane Charley, and rebuilt.

PGIJon · Mar 4, 2012

Old Sailboat Section

I've attached 2 pics from the rear of our home, looking towards the harbor, in the old sailboat section. Below is a link that will show you the area. The old sailboat section is along Marion Ave. between Bal Harbor and Colony Point. Just a bit west of Fishermans Village.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=marion+avenue+bal+harbor+punta+gorda,+fl

Bill1565 · Mar 4, 2012

PGIJon said:
Below is a link that will show you the area. The old sailboat section is along Marion Ave. between Bal Harbor and Colony Point. Just a bit west of Fishermans Village.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=marion+avenue+bal+harbor+punta+gorda,+fl

When I open this link, I get an area east of The sailboat section. If you grab the map and slide it east, the window will show you this. Anything west of Bal Harbor and north of Marion is sailboat water.

Sailm8 · Mar 4, 2012

Slow to get to get on the booster bandwagon since I was out sailing for the last 4 days. We looked everywhere before finding this jewel. The sailing is great but it is the community that is most impressive. Everyone is a transplant meaning that we form friendships quickly and organize and join quickly into clubs or groups.

If you are looking for racing, this area has many active groups you can join. I personally, am a cruiser and just avoid any sort of racing. The club I belong to has an active racing and cruising segment. PGSCweb.com is the clubs web site.

Don't forget to look at condo's. Most have boat docks included of available. We downsized from a big home up north and haven't looked back.

Check out the new lower rates at Fisherman Village: http://www.fishville.com/marina.html

PGIJon · Mar 7, 2012

Chart 11426 You can view the interactive chart here.
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/11426.shtml

Stu Jackson · Mar 7, 2012

If you Google Sea Clear you'll find that you can purchase all of the charts for the US for $20. For another few bucks you can get a GPS dongle to work with your laptop.

Having been involved in many GPS/laptop discussions, which tend to wander all over the place, I am NOT trying to change your mind about the "platform" you use for your navigation, but simply trying to show you a way to get inexpensive charts.

You could also download the booklet charts from noaa for free.

seadaddler · Mar 7, 2012

5' Draft

My H-36 draft is 5' and sail Charlotte Harbor all the time and plenty room to day sailing all day,yes the deepest is aone section around 22' but the harbor is big and yes you need to know the shallow water and have never run agound in the harbor,I have a C-80 chartplotter that shows me all the water depths at all times and don't use the paper charts much which I do keep on the boat at all times.
Some one from the area told me that you can't sail in charlotte harbor and I found out from other boaters that sail here 2 years before moving here just like you are doing here.
Plenty of room for sailing in Charlotte Harbor and excess to one of the best all weather inlets out into the gulf,Boca Grand and ICW north or south.
Nick

Bill1565 · Mar 8, 2012

jwieneck said:
Ok I have a possible slip at Fishermans Village, a possible hauler, time frame is early May, two yards to choose from All American and Charlotte Harbor Marine. The hauler tells me to get my insurance before I go I currently use Boat USA. Is there a better choose for Florida?

Both boat yards are fine. They are different in pricing/rules. All American is more of an la carte menu. electric is extra, bottom washing etc. clean up if you leave bottom paint residue there is expensive, they run a neat clean yard. Haven't use CH lately, but when I did, the area where you could do your own work was priced on a daily basis, other areas were just storage or use their help AA is almost exclusively DIY, but they have a few insured contractors. CH has an excellent paint shop, AA discourages spray painting.

I have only had 2 claims in 60 years of boating. Both from hurricane Charlie. Our sailboat and my 15 whaler recieved minor damage. Boat US was prompt, and generous . They may well be the most expensive, but I wouldn't consider switching.

You are going to be horrifed at insurance rates in Florida, regardless of the company. Besides hurricanes, we have boat thieves, and a whole 3rd world culture centered in Miami and Key West that procures titles and doccumentation papers on non-existent boats ,so there is no work in claiming total loss. We also host all manner of fleeing con men who run to the Bahamas some with bank balances on their boats.

med2463 · Mar 8, 2012

Re: 5' Draft

I have a list of our favorite vendors on my blog. http://dixonfantasy.blogspot.com/p/our-favorite-vendors.html

Bill1565 · Mar 8, 2012

jwieneck said:
Ok I have a possible slip at Fishermans Village, a possible hauler, time frame is early May,

If you get your stuff together in time, there is a huge sailboat party at Pelican Bay (Cayo Costa State Park) over Memorial Day Weekend.

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