You might want to consider Clearwater City Marina, on Clearwater Beach. Its an easy, cheap shuttle ride to Tampa Int'l airport. Regards, Randy Pickelmann hard aground in Clearwater MORNING STAR lying in Marathon, FL www.morningstar.talkspot.com

You may want to try Palm Island Marina right on the ICW in Cape Haze - about 1/2 hour North of the Boca Grand swing bridge. There is ferry service over to Palm Island which is a fun place to go. There is also Tweenwaters on Captiva Island - another great place to go. Not sure about Punta Gorda itself other than the Pier there but it is way up Charlotte Harbor. There are shops and restaurants and a quick bike ride to the little downtown area which is still recovering from Hurricane Charley. In Fort Myers there a a couple of marinas out on the beach and then up the Caloosahatchee you have the City Marina in downtown (good location) and Gulf Harbor which is further West and part of a community. Good Luck! Steve Lattmann "Tranquility" Casey Key, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Pickelmann" <rwp_48@yahoo.com> To: <great-loop@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 7:30 AM Subject: GL: Looking for good marina Punta Gorda/Ft. Myers area > You might want to consider Clearwater City Marina, on Clearwater Beach. > Its > an easy, cheap shuttle ride to Tampa Int'l airport. > > Regards, > Randy Pickelmann > hard aground in Clearwater > MORNING STAR > lying in Marathon, FL > www.morningstar.talkspot.com > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/great-loop