Older boats in florida

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Depending on what you need or want I can recommend Port LaBelle Marina for a place that will take older boats. Ours is an '86. Insurance is a requirement though.

It is a basic old style FL marina which I found out means that there is no power or water to the docks. It is on the western side of Lake O and generally a good hurricane hole although I lost our hard top in Ian.

Staff is attentive, friendly and helpful.

No covered sheds but docks & finger piers are in good shape.

Alligators swimming in the basin for entertainment.

We used solar to keep the batts charged until Ian then lost the roof, solar & batts. Insurance has been good on replacements.

I can second LaBelle. I stopped there on way back home during the Great Loop and it was a nice quiet place.

 

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Huh. We'll, if that's going to become a more common practice, marinas ought to publish that more clearly, particularly for transients so we don't waste time. That's going to exclude a lot of boats in fine condition, but I guess they don't need the business. Just checked thier website, no mention of that policy.

Maybe it does not apply to transients but they are way up the canal so I don't think they get many. Frankly, I'm amazed they have a website.