On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 07:09:47 -0500, Andre
wrote:

Can you tell me, what should i not miss and what too skip (places). My
first time in Florida.

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It depends what you are looking for. We live there in the winter and
do a lot of cruising in Pine Island Sound. One of our favorites is
Cayo Costa Island which has several possible anchorages. Cabbage Key
is also interesting, as is Tween Waters Inn on Captiva. South Seas
resort is supposed to reopen in the spring, also on Captiva. The
anchorage in the bight behind Sanibel Island is scenic and you can
dinghy to the nature preserve there.

I'd recommend Claiborne Young's "Cruising Guide to Western Florida",
available at amazon.com:

http://tinyurl.com/8nh4p

and also:

"A Gunkholer's Cruising Guide to Florida's West Coast", by Tom
Lenfestey

Further north on the ICW are Boca Grande, Venice, Sarasota Bay and
Long Boat Key which are all interesting in their own way.

Going south you have Ft Myers Beach, Naples, Marco Island, the
Everglades, and Florida Keys.