Cruisers Forum
 


Reply
  This discussion is proudly sponsored by:
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on Cruisers Forums. Advertise Here
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 22-09-2015, 05:19   #1
Registered User

Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Indianapolis
Boat: Yamaha - 242
Posts: 5
Any Powercats in Sarasota?

This is my first post of what I hope will be many on the forum. My wife and I have quite a bit of time to prepare for what we hope will be a live-aboard experience when our kids go off to college. I don't want to think about the number of years, but it has two digits.

In the meantimeI know we have a lot to learn about what we want in an open water boat and even which trips we would like to make. We'll be early 50s at the time, so I'm factoring that in as well.

We spend time in Sarasota every year at Thanksgiving and would love to speak with a powercat owner about the pluses and minuses of that style. I'm leaning towards power (and not sail) based on several spectacular bouts of seasickness that I had in my early 30s. It never bothered me before that, but once the engines went off, my stomach came on.

We live on a lake with an active sailing club though, so I'm going to start small and see if I can get over the sick part of sailing. We're also going to teach out kids how to sail from a young age, so I'll be training my part time crew as we go.

Planning to charter multiple types of boats over the coming years to see what we like and want and have a list of topics that I need to learn quite a bit more about (navigation, blue water saftey, etc.).

I've been lurking on this forum for a while and love the people that are here. Thanks in advance for the help.

-GL
GhostLake is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-09-2015, 14:59   #2
Registered User
 
mtmilam's Avatar

Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Pensacola
Boat: Aquila 44 Power Catamaran
Posts: 21
Re: Any Powercats in Sarasota?

There are some in Clearwater, which is not to far.....We bought our Aquila 44 there....They are the main dealer for the Marine max Aquila line.
mtmilam is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24-09-2015, 04:49   #3
Senior Cruiser
 
GordMay's Avatar

Cruisers Forum Supporter

Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 50,994
Images: 241
Re: Any Powercats in Sarasota?

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, GL.
__________________
Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"



GordMay is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24-09-2015, 05:02   #4
Registered User
 
flyingdna's Avatar

Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Florida
Boat: Maxim Voyage 380
Posts: 9
Re: Any Powercats in Sarasota?

There are a couple in St Petersburg, at the Harborage Marina.
flyingdna is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-03-2022, 06:39   #5
Registered User

Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Indianapolis
Boat: Yamaha - 242
Posts: 5
Re: Any Powercats in Sarasota?

So we were able to accelerate our timeline quite a bit and after much research bought a Fountaine Pajot MY 37. Family and I spent quite a lot of time on it in January and then had it back out for another week in early March. It is going to live with a charter company in St. Pete's most of the time, but in between we are going to use it for adventures and get experience.

We did a week of pretty intense training in Ft. Lauderdale and then cast off.

So far we have done

FLL > Mia (anchored overnight in the Miami Marine Stadium.
Mia > Key Largo (tied up at Gilberts)
Key Largo > Islamorada (Caloosa Cove Marina)
Islamorda > Marco Island (anchored by Rose Marina)
Marco > Sarasota (backed into a super tight slip at Marina Jacks)
Sarasota > St. Pete's
St. Pete's > Sarasota
Sarasota > Cayo Costa > Cabbage Key > Sarasota > St. Pete's (4 day trip, not recommended)

We've already learned a lot and made our fair share of mistakes. Fortunately none of them have been bad ones and my family has been having a ton of fun.

Upcoming trips

Key West / Dry Tortugas
Bahamas / Caribbean in winter of 2023
GhostLake is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
sarasota

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
How Do They Get PowerCats Across the Atlantic? Sand crab Multihull Sailboats 16 21-04-2014 18:53
Sarasota Bay Plans Mooring Field Amgine Cruising News & Events 28 20-01-2010 07:17
Sailing Poker Run in Sarasota Bay! SAILMONSTER Cruising News & Events 0 04-09-2008 07:06
sarasota/bradenton? mangomuffins Atlantic & the Caribbean 1 10-07-2007 08:45
Sarasota Trip Golden Isles Sailor Logs & Cruising Plans 3 18-11-2006 03:46

Advertise Here


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:47.


Google+
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Social Knowledge Networks
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

ShowCase vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.