Once a landmark in the high-performance boating world, especially for its famed but long-closed waterfront bar dubbed The Boathouse, the Sarasota Hyatt Resort is no longer. The hotel is being demolished to make space for the Hyatt Centric Harborside Hotel and condominiums. So the site is staying in the Hyatt family, so to speak, but it’s gone for now.
Ron Muller and Chris LaMorte, the organizers of the annual Invitational Outboard Skater Fun Run for the past five years, knew their host venue was going away while the 2025 event was still happening. So they pivoted and begin looking elsewhere a year ago.
Just an hour-and-a-half down I-75 and few surface streets, they found what they were looking for in form of the Westin Cape Coral Resort. The Westin property…..