In the Sunshine State — the boating capital of the world — Southwest Florida stands out as one of the most boat-intensive regions in America, with one of the largest canal-based boating systems anywhere on the globe.
We sit, or perhaps more appropriately float, at the center of the nation’s and arguably the world’s largest recreational boating market, anchored by Lee County, which ranks among the top three counties in the state for registered vessels.
And finding a place to park your pleasure craft among the growing 75,000 others overflowing into Southwest Florida’s waters has evolved into an increasingly difficult task as newly built marinas, like the one that officially opened this week in Lee, have become a rarity…