"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Two spectacular places for a boater to retire in the Pacific NW.

Anacortes.

Port Townsend.


The land of the summerless summer...


And it's either raining...or about to rain.


Nothing stateside beats Florida for boating.

The increased number of manatee zones have really put a damper on the
boating in certain parts of the state. So far Collier County hasn't been
affected too badly. On the intracoastal waters, we have 30 mph manatee
speed zones...and idle zones when outside of the channel. Some areas are
idle speed all of the time. I have a 1.6 mile run at idle to get to the
gulf from my house. It's not too bad, since I'm boating in open waters in
just 15 minutes (17 minutes on an incoming tide).

There are a lot of folks up the Caloosahatchee, Estero, Imperial, and
Cocohatchee rivers that have 30-90 minute runs to the gulf because of the
increased number of zones. When they bought their houses just a few years
ago, they had only a 15-30 minute run. Some of them can't get out at all on
low tide because they draft too much when off plane. Boating in Florida
isn't what it used to be (and I've only been here 6 years!).