Like many of you, we don't cruise on an unlimited budget. I would much rather anchor out or tie to a free dock or wall and then use that money to dine out. If we are paying slip rent at a marina we will probably eat dinner aboard. All that having been said, Venice doesn't really have much of an anchorage area, so we will probably just travel south from Sarasota to Boca Grande and bypass Venice altogether. Pity. Regards, Randy Pickelmann MTOA #3694 MORNING STAR www.morningstar.talkspot.com lying at Clearwater, FL