looking for marina

[Member 131497]

hi again guys...
im looking for a marina that provides lift to water, floating docks a must.
in the Bradenton to cape coral area.
reasonable price(if there still such a thing) doesn't have to be fancy is just while I break the ice back into boating
and get the ball rolling. As always the generosity of the good people in this site regarding their sharing of information is a blessing and appreciated. thx in advance.

 

[Don S/V ILLusion]

You were doing great, right up to the floating dock part of your search.

 

[SycloneDriver]

I visit Cape Coral FL several times a year. I was there 2 days ago. We have visited many private and public dock/marinas, I don't think any of them were floating.
Isn't the tidal range a max of about 3 feet? Why floating?
My marina is floating but I'm at an inland lake and the water level varies a lot more than 3 feet.

 

[Michael Davis]

You were doing great, right up to the floating dock part of your search.

Until I joined this group I didn’t know there was any other kind. Of coarse with 15 foot tides no other kind would work.

 

[BigEasy]

Had my previous boat on a floating dock and my present boat on fixed piling dock. Floating dock was nice; however, in my opinion, they are not going to weather a Cat 2 or above hurricane without breaking up. Of course, I haven’t experienced what would happen in a similar storm with fixed piling and hope that I don’t.

 

[Michael Davis]

Had my previous boat on a floating dock and my present boat on fixed piling dock. Floating dock was nice; however, in my opinion, they are not going to weather a Cat 2 or above hurricane without breaking up. Of course, I haven’t experienced what would happen in a similar storm with fixed piling and hope that I don’t.

It’s been almost 60 years since we’ve had a typhoon come through here. I don’t recall a lot of damage to floating docks but most of our marinas are pretty protected. Of coarse 60 years is a long time ago and my memory was never very good.

 

[seadaddler]

Burnt Store Marina was doing all new floating docks when I was there a few weeks back they also
redoing the Marina.
Great spot to go sailing in Charlotte Harbor and great for heading south to Keys or North to Tampa.
Nick

 

[Member 131497]

You were doing great, right up to the floating dock part of your search.

LOL.... You're killing me

 

[Member 131497]

well at the public marina in Dunedin Fl whenever there was lowvtide it was a nightmare to get up on the dock or jump down on your boat and risk breaking something. it would be like 4 or 5 feet difference... not fun, and the marina in Ruskin is the same thing thats why i got picky about it.

 

[Don S/V ILLusion]

well at the public marina in Dunedin Fl whenever there was lowvtide it was a nightmare to get up on the dock or jump down on your boat and risk breaking something. it would be like 4 or 5 feet difference... not fun, and the marina in Ruskin is the same thing thats why i got picky about it.

A lot of folks have a passerelle which eliminates jumping and climbing. I know floating docks are common up north where tidal range is high but they (and the boats tied to them) don’t fare well in hurricanes