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Warren Renninger
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There are no moorings in Charlotte Harbor. If you look at a chart, look at the north side of the harbor just east of the US 41 bridges (43 ft clearance) there is an area where boats anchor and come to shore at a SeaTow dock. This is the closest thing to a mooring area in the whole harbor. There are no public moorings or a mooring area like I was used to in Oyster Bay in New York. The yacht clubs here all have dockage, no moorings. Most people keep boats at their own docks. There are docks for rent at the Holiday Inn and Best Western and the city of Punta Gorda will have some when they get around to finishing the docks at Lashley Park. Burnt Store Marina at the Lee county line has dock space. Great place for sailing but not for mooring. Let me know if I can be of any help. wrenninger3@comcast.net Warren Renninger
There are no moorings in Charlotte Harbor. If you look at a chart, look at the north side of the harbor just east of the US 41 bridges (43 ft clearance) there is an area where boats anchor and come to shore at a SeaTow dock. This is the closest thing to a mooring area in the whole harbor. There are no public moorings or a mooring area like I was used to in Oyster Bay in New York. The yacht clubs here all have dockage, no moorings. Most people keep boats at their own docks. There are docks for rent at the Holiday Inn and Best Western and the city of Punta Gorda will have some when they get around to finishing the docks at Lashley Park. Burnt Store Marina at the Lee county line has dock space. Great place for sailing but not for mooring. Let me know if I can be of any help. wrenninger3@comcast.net Warren Renninger
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Ron Breen
Re: Charlotte Harbor (CH) ,FL
Nick, I live near and sail the subject area in my Irwin 38 CC (4'8") draft. There are also facilities more southerly at Ft. Myers and little north at Venice and Sarasota. CH has several good anchorages and several good marina facilities. Enter from the Gulf at Sanibel Is. near Ft. Myers and work north on the ICW, or enter from the Gulf at Boca Grand pass. Just inside the Sanibel Is. bridge at Punta Rassa there is the Sanibel Island Resort which has transient slips - about $1.50 / ft. / night ... but you are a "guest" of a 4 or 5 star hotel and can use all of the facilities. They have power and water. Fuel available next door at a small marina. ICW marker 62 - 60 there is an anchorage at Useppa Is. - no facilities but a good holding ground and protection from all but northerly winds (rare)- it IS on the ICW so it can get bumpy during peak traffic. Across the way on Cabbage Key is restaurant reachable only from the water - home of "Cheeseburger in Paradise" From the Boca Grand (BG) channel one can procede NE more or less and follow the ICW North .. Gasparilla Is. has a small transient anchorage about 1 mile from BG channel. Continuing NE about 7 miles there is Gasparilla Marina - its channel leaves the ICW near the unused railroad bridge structure to port. From the Boca Grand (BG) channel one can procede due east about 9 miles to Burnt Store Marina -full service and lots of transient dock space - well marked but narrow channel. From CH channel G5 or R6 procede N about 10 miles to Punta Gorda at R2 turn stb. to an easterly course and procede about 2 miles to the Peace River Bridge (US41). Check charts for vertical clearance. Beyond this bridge there is an anchorage just to the north (port). Immediately up river power lines cross the river and beyond that the I75 bridge crosses the river. Somewhere between the two bridges, the depth may be more concern than vert. clearance. - The city owned marina at Punta Gorda has been CLOSED and all vessels were required to leave. The appraoch to the marina also takes you the Fishermas Village - good personal services and a wharf adjacent to restaurants but no fuel or pump-out. PG Yacht Club is private and has not offered any services to non-members even in light of the public marina closure. There is a semi protected anchrage near the PG City marina channel on the SE end of US41 bridge and another on the NW end. Watch charted depths. An excellent auxilliary publication can be obtained in any marina or boating store near Charlotte Harbor. "A Guide to Anchorages in Southwest Florida" cost about $15 and is produced by BAIL. Very good, contains aerial photos, "local knowledge" piloting advice - no other inormation is in this pub. so, if you want more (phone numbers, etc) you'll need another book - useful but contains some dated material "Cruising Guide to Western Florida" Clairborne S. Young - also available locally. These pubs will also describe north and south areas from Tampa Bay channel to south of Naples Fl. From my personal experience Useppa Is., Burnt Store Marina and Sanibel Island Resort are great places to stop and rest. There are no "ideal" anchrage/slip/mooring areas. Some are free but lack services, some are exposed more than one might like, the vast majority (slips) are $$$$. Good luck
Nick, I live near and sail the subject area in my Irwin 38 CC (4'8") draft. There are also facilities more southerly at Ft. Myers and little north at Venice and Sarasota. CH has several good anchorages and several good marina facilities. Enter from the Gulf at Sanibel Is. near Ft. Myers and work north on the ICW, or enter from the Gulf at Boca Grand pass. Just inside the Sanibel Is. bridge at Punta Rassa there is the Sanibel Island Resort which has transient slips - about $1.50 / ft. / night ... but you are a "guest" of a 4 or 5 star hotel and can use all of the facilities. They have power and water. Fuel available next door at a small marina. ICW marker 62 - 60 there is an anchorage at Useppa Is. - no facilities but a good holding ground and protection from all but northerly winds (rare)- it IS on the ICW so it can get bumpy during peak traffic. Across the way on Cabbage Key is restaurant reachable only from the water - home of "Cheeseburger in Paradise" From the Boca Grand (BG) channel one can procede NE more or less and follow the ICW North .. Gasparilla Is. has a small transient anchorage about 1 mile from BG channel. Continuing NE about 7 miles there is Gasparilla Marina - its channel leaves the ICW near the unused railroad bridge structure to port. From the Boca Grand (BG) channel one can procede due east about 9 miles to Burnt Store Marina -full service and lots of transient dock space - well marked but narrow channel. From CH channel G5 or R6 procede N about 10 miles to Punta Gorda at R2 turn stb. to an easterly course and procede about 2 miles to the Peace River Bridge (US41). Check charts for vertical clearance. Beyond this bridge there is an anchorage just to the north (port). Immediately up river power lines cross the river and beyond that the I75 bridge crosses the river. Somewhere between the two bridges, the depth may be more concern than vert. clearance. - The city owned marina at Punta Gorda has been CLOSED and all vessels were required to leave. The appraoch to the marina also takes you the Fishermas Village - good personal services and a wharf adjacent to restaurants but no fuel or pump-out. PG Yacht Club is private and has not offered any services to non-members even in light of the public marina closure. There is a semi protected anchrage near the PG City marina channel on the SE end of US41 bridge and another on the NW end. Watch charted depths. An excellent auxilliary publication can be obtained in any marina or boating store near Charlotte Harbor. "A Guide to Anchorages in Southwest Florida" cost about $15 and is produced by BAIL. Very good, contains aerial photos, "local knowledge" piloting advice - no other inormation is in this pub. so, if you want more (phone numbers, etc) you'll need another book - useful but contains some dated material "Cruising Guide to Western Florida" Clairborne S. Young - also available locally. These pubs will also describe north and south areas from Tampa Bay channel to south of Naples Fl. From my personal experience Useppa Is., Burnt Store Marina and Sanibel Island Resort are great places to stop and rest. There are no "ideal" anchrage/slip/mooring areas. Some are free but lack services, some are exposed more than one might like, the vast majority (slips) are $$$$. Good luck
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nick naggio
Thanks Warren
I have time yet before I really need a slip,I have two more years before retirement but I am looking for any helpful info for my options. I just came back from looking up and down the west coast and decided on port charlotte. We found a nice retirement community that will delay building my wifes dream house for at least a year (no boat dock). I will e-mail you for more info. nick
I have time yet before I really need a slip,I have two more years before retirement but I am looking for any helpful info for my options. I just came back from looking up and down the west coast and decided on port charlotte. We found a nice retirement community that will delay building my wifes dream house for at least a year (no boat dock). I will e-mail you for more info. nick
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nick maggio
Ft Myers
My aunt lives in ft myers on a canal,so maybe keep my boat at her house until I learn the area waters and maybe eventually pick a slip closer to port charlotte. nick
My aunt lives in ft myers on a canal,so maybe keep my boat at her house until I learn the area waters and maybe eventually pick a slip closer to port charlotte. nick
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Tim Welsh
hwy 41 bridge
If this is where I am thinking eljobean is right there and it is about 7ft at it's deepest and the last time I was there it was crab trap city. A friend of mines trimaran was blown loose there one time. Heckofa story for another thread. Roller fuling came about halfway out and ghost shipped for about 7 miles without hitting a thing.
If this is where I am thinking eljobean is right there and it is about 7ft at it's deepest and the last time I was there it was crab trap city. A friend of mines trimaran was blown loose there one time. Heckofa story for another thread. Roller fuling came about halfway out and ghost shipped for about 7 miles without hitting a thing.
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