Watch Old Orchard Beach fireworks from your private boat
Fish for mackerel on a 2-hour cruise aboard The Miss Boothbay
Sail Boothbay Harbor aboard the Friendship Sloop Bay Lady on a 1.5-hour trip
Ride the ferry to Burnt Island and climb the lighthouse tower with staff guides
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.