What to expect on the Two Day Charlotte Harbor Cruise
Sailing to Charlotte Harbor from Fort Myers Beach is truly a fun sail. It takes about 10 hours to sail to Burnt
Store Marina and we get some pretty good sailing in.
We will leave pretty early in the morning and head out Matanzas Pass out into the Gulf of Mexico. Since
there is a shoal that heads south from Sanibel Island so we will head south for a while, round the shoal and
then head west. Once past Sanibel, we will head north north west up to the Boca Grand Pass. When we
enter the pass we will sail past the Gasparilla Lighthouse on our port side. At that point we have another 10
miles to go due east, across Charlotte Harbor to Burnt Store Marina.
Once we enter the luxury marina, we will put into a slip for the night. You will have the option of letting me
cook dinner, which is a pretty good idea since I'm a heck of a cook, or you can have dinner at Portabello's
Restaurant right at the marina.
After dinner you can walk the docks and see some incredible boats, sit on deck and enjoy the night or play
some boat games and just kick back. I'll check the weather and tides for our sail the next day.
In the morning, we will head out about 0800 and sail across Charlotte Harbor to the Intracoastal Waterway
and head south. If time and weather permits, we can stop off at Cabbage Key for a quick lunch and walk on
their nature path. After lunch we will continue south to pass several islands to pass through the Sanibel
Causeway Bridge back into the Gulf of Mexico for our last leg to Salty Sam's Marina to finish our voyage.
This cruise packs a lot of sea time and you get to see the "outside" as well as the "inside" passage to this
great cruising ground. All this will do is wet your whistle to book more time in Charlotte Harbor for your
next cruise.
Sailing to Charlotte Harbor from Fort Myers Beach is truly a fun sail. It takes about 10 hours to sail to Burnt
Store Marina and we get some pretty good sailing in.
We will leave pretty early in the morning and head out Matanzas Pass out into the Gulf of Mexico. Since
there is a shoal that heads south from Sanibel Island so we will head south for a while, round the shoal and
then head west. Once past Sanibel, we will head north north west up to the Boca Grand Pass. When we
enter the pass we will sail past the Gasparilla Lighthouse on our port side. At that point we have another 10
miles to go due east, across Charlotte Harbor to Burnt Store Marina.
Once we enter the luxury marina, we will put into a slip for the night. You will have the option of letting me
cook dinner, which is a pretty good idea since I'm a heck of a cook, or you can have dinner at Portabello's
Restaurant right at the marina.
After dinner you can walk the docks and see some incredible boats, sit on deck and enjoy the night or play
some boat games and just kick back. I'll check the weather and tides for our sail the next day.
In the morning, we will head out about 0800 and sail across Charlotte Harbor to the Intracoastal Waterway
and head south. If time and weather permits, we can stop off at Cabbage Key for a quick lunch and walk on
their nature path. After lunch we will continue south to pass several islands to pass through the Sanibel
Causeway Bridge back into the Gulf of Mexico for our last leg to Salty Sam's Marina to finish our voyage.
This cruise packs a lot of sea time and you get to see the "outside" as well as the "inside" passage to this
great cruising ground. All this will do is wet your whistle to book more time in Charlotte Harbor for your
next cruise.
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