I just spent 3 weeks in FL visiting our grandkids.

I never saw so many boats and boat dealers and water.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA

Web site: www.kiene.com

In article ,
says...
I just spent 3 weeks in FL visiting our grandkids.

I never saw so many boats and boat dealers and water.


Yes there is alot of water down there. Just dont go inland. SW Florida is
great for year round boating as I guess also SE Florida is. Wanna see
water? Drive to Key West.

Yea, boating and fishing is an "accepted norm" in FL. I read, every day, the
Outdoors' Best Forum Florida Fishing/Boating.
http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeromain?id=1 Pretty good stuff and those
guys get to do it all year long. We do too, here in TX and you in CA..but I
am still envious.

Now, if it wasn't for five grandkids ( all here ) and a wife of 43 years (
who wants to be near the grandkids) ..I'd be checking it out. RichG
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RichG
http://groups.msn.com/CarolinaSkiffOwners

Hey Bchbound,
Inland has its share of water too. Ever hear of Lake Ochachobee or
howabout Lake George Or lake Sanford or Orange Lake or... or... St. Johns
River? Crystal River, St Mary's River, Suwuannee River? Of course with more
coastline then any other 2 states, off shore has its merits too!

Yep we got a lot of water in Florida!
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Capt. Frank

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"Bchbound" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
I just spent 3 weeks in FL visiting our grandkids.

I never saw so many boats and boat dealers and water.


Yes there is alot of water down there. Just dont go inland. SW Florida
is
great for year round boating as I guess also SE Florida is. Wanna see
water? Drive to Key West.

Should come in the summer, same amount of water, fewer boats ;-)

N.H. (the state where I live) has 17 miles of coastline. For comparison,
does anyone know how many miles of coastline Fla. has?

I just saw a tourism site that says 8426 miles. I assume that is guessing about
the 10,000 islands and the Keys where measuring is more art than science.

Don't know if the Keys are included...might just be the main land.

Coast Line of Florida
Atlantic Coast 399 Miles
Gulf Coast 798 Miles
Total Coast Line 1,197 miles

http://www.fhp.state.fl.us/html/floridafacts.html


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On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:37:59 GMT, "Bill Kiene" wrote:

I just spent 3 weeks in FL visiting our grandkids.

I never saw so many boats and boat dealers and water.

N.H. (the state where I live) has 17 miles of coastline. For comparison,
does anyone know how many miles of coastline Fla. has?

The whole concept of measuring coastline comes down to what process is used.

Surely, if we measured EVERY inlet; bay; and minor undulation on ANY
shoreline, one could come out with a lot of different numbers. I remember
some study that measured a lake's shoreline by using one foot increments,
and contrasted that measurement with one measuring one mile increments. The
differences ( for the same shoreline) was amazing. RichG

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RichG
http://groups.msn.com/CarolinaSkiffOwners

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 03:41:02 GMT, wrote:

Thanks for the info. I thought that Fla. might have even more than that,
but, I think Fla's coastline is relatively straight. I just found out on
the WWW that our neighbor, Maine, has a lot more miles of coastline:

"Maine's coastline is long, craggy and has many inlets. What looks like 228
miles on a map, is 3,478 miles of tidal coastline in reality, including the
offshore islands."

The difference being Maine's shoreline was measured at low tide
whereas Florida's was measured at high tide.

bb

Maine has a large tidal difference, so it can effect the amout of shoreline,
Fla. is about 2 ft and really doesn't effect the amount of shoreline..


"bb" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 03:41:02 GMT, wrote:

Thanks for the info. I thought that Fla. might have even more than that,
but, I think Fla's coastline is relatively straight. I just found out on
the WWW that our neighbor, Maine, has a lot more miles of coastline:

"Maine's coastline is long, craggy and has many inlets. What looks like
228
miles on a map, is 3,478 miles of tidal coastline in reality, including
the
offshore islands."

The difference being Maine's shoreline was measured at low tide
whereas Florida's was measured at high tide.

bb