Chrisaensing
Senior Member
I am located on the west coast of Florida and looking for a dock for 6 months summer in 2022 - St. Pete Clearwater area.
Are you looking foe dead boat storage in a hurricane hole , or a liveaboard place?
Lots of choices.....
Starting from the north:
Home Port Marina: Has covered slips, lots of social activites especially Fri nite when people come out to the dock. Good restaurant and pool.
Marker One: the slips close to the sea wall has shallow water issues.
Both of the above are on the north side of town, need a car for shopping etc.
Dunedin Marina: Great area, walk to many small restaurants and shops, kinda touristy but really nice. Two restaurants on site.
Clearwater Muni Marinas: They operate one on Clearwater Island, one on the mainland. Both good and suspect easy to get a slip. The Island one has many restaurants close and a fun but very touristy town. The mainland one is fairly new, can "hike" to town (more of a business area), nice park next door.
Harborside Marina: Part of a Holiday Inn Water Park. On the "narrows" part of the ICW and a few miles to get to more ope water. Can have a tricky tide current for docking. Lots of restaurants close by, walk to the beach. Dockmaster is a jerk unles they got rid of him. A bit more pricey as I recall.
Madeira Beach Marina: Walk to beach and some restaurants. Walk across the bridge to shopping center with restaurants, Publix, Liquor, Drug, etc. Very reasonable, small, hard to get in but worth a try. Nice place. (I live close).
There are plenty more to the south, but not as familiar.
On Treasure Island, the Club at Treasure Island, recently a Yacht Club may have slips.
Thanks for the info. We have been at everyone of those at one time or another. A couple of them are saying 100+ waiting list. Dunedin doesn’t accept transients long term, only residents & even then a 2 year waiting list. I will check out some of the other suggestions.