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| Shells found on Palm Island beach |
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| "Florida sailing" - furled sails & under power |
Leaving Sarasota Bay and cruising south on the GIWW it became immediately clear that this stretch of the Waterway would basically be a "real estate" tour. The channel is relatively narrow and the homes lining the shore range from large estates to Florida flats. There was a lot of "Florida sailing" going on (furled sails with the iron jenny fired up). Although we had a short forty miles to our destination of Palm Island Resort and Marina in Cape Haze, it took about 2 1/2 hours due to all the go slow areas.
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| Palm Island beach |
This resort & marina are a very popular stop along the GIWW and with good reason. The marina located on the mainland is small with a nice pool, spa & club area which attracts lots of boating groups - today it was a Sea Ray group. We looked a little out of place in the marina with our lone Pursuit.
We like this marina because of its proximity to Palm Island, a barrier island with access only by ferry. The resort and island homes have an "Old Florida" style of architecture and the quiet beach, one of our favorites,
It is still off season and the island was very quiet, we had the beach virtually to ourselves. After a two hour walk on the beach we left with a considerable collection of shells.
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