Take the helm of a 200 HP tritoon for inshore cruising and swimming
Take the helm of a 150 HP center-console for an inshore day on your own schedule
Navigate the Peace River independently with maps and insider tips
Chart your ideal day on Venice waterways with a licensed captain
Island lunch cruise with time to explore Cabbage Key or Useppa Island
Cruise Gasparilla Sound with bring-your-own beer or wine
Cross Sarasota Bay and paddle secluded mangrove tunnels in a clear-bottom kayak
Clarity is geology, not luck: quartz sand, seagrass filtration, and how close the Gulf Stream runs. Thirteen beaches, and the trade-off each one asks of you.
Florida issues no boating license at all. What the marina checks is a safety education card, and whether you need one comes down to one date: January 1, 1988.