Reviews from Jim Sullivan (1)

Marina Review for Port of the Islands Marina - Private

Reviewed by: Jim Sullivan on Aug 5, 2020
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 48'
Draft: 4.6'

Rating: 5

This is a great live-aboard location, in a natural hurricane hole well inland from the Gulf, and often with several feet of fresh top water from river flow that keeps growth to a minimum on boat bottoms.

Others are correct that the amenities are currently thin, and the hotel charges $75/mo for use of the pool, but we don’t want to anyway. This is a great quiet location if you have what you need on your boat, want to socialize with dock neighbors on the dock and not in common areas, and need only a place to securely tie up with high-quality concrete floating docks, water, power and new pump-out boat, a place to park a car, and a location close to Naples, FL by land and the keys by water (Key West is 60 miles due south). We like the fact that we can get to Naples without the traffic of being in the thick of it or on the north side of town. Fort Lauderdale airport is 1:30 across Alligator Alley, because you drop in 1/3 of the way across.

The staff are great, and everyone looks out for each other. This is a hidden gem, and is a fraction of the cost of other marinas.

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