The Boat Clubs in and around Punta Gorda

We frequent Mamma Nunzia's back bar -- it's cool, somewhat dark, has high tables and flat screen TVs and is small enough to be intimate and large enough not to be suffocating.

Usually it's pretty quiet in there --- with only a few regulars. Except on nights when Boat Clubs descend for happy hours. And it is on these occasions that I have gotten a glimpse of how fun some of these clubs and their members can be. In fact, we've met boat clubbers at Mamma's, with whom subsequently we have become friends.

A large part of Punta Gorda and Charlotte Harbor is about boating. Even if you boat only irregularly or not at all, boating is pervasive, something you either did, would like to do, fantasize about doing, or talk about doing even if you have no intention of ever doing.

In fact, many boat clubs don't require that you even have a boat or intend to ever get a boat. They are social clubs with varying requirements for membership. Some are restricted demographically others geographically (i.e. you need to live in the neighborhood of the club). Regardless, there is a boat club for most of us. Here's a list of some of them in the area that I will continue to develop over time--plus I plan to do a more elaborate blurb about each of these in future posts.

Burnt Store Isles Boat Club Organizes boat trips with land components for various sizes of boats, social events, and provides frequent boating communications/advice. Limited to Burnt Store Isles residents and anyone who ever lived in BSI and belonged to the boat club.

Mariners of PGI PGICA-sponsored club. See website for specific membership requirements.

PGIslanders PGICA-sponsored club, limited to members of the PGICA. Other membership requirements "can be found on their website. Organize cruises, social events, etc.

PGI Seafarers
Punta Gora Isles Civic Association sponsored, limited to members of the PGICA. See complete list of requirements on their website along with examples of cruise and social events.

Punta Gorda Boat Club Maybe the oldest of Punta Gorda's boat clubs with its own clubhouse nestled on the Peace River.

Punta Gorda Sailing Club

Singles for Sail Group of 45+ singles who socialize and organize sailing trips.