Florida's Gulf Coast Catamarans

Checking out some of the catamaran craft in the waters of Florida's Gulf Coast, I noticed a few essentials in the turning tides of boaters.

First thing and contrary to popular belief ... size matters :)

It seems people are seeking a bit more in the way of comfort, convenience, and space in their choices of water craft and my thought would stretch farther than Florida's Gulf Coast into the far reaches of the globe :)

Somewhere between the Solar Navigator ...



to the crude but effective vessels of the islanders ...



There lies a happy medium ...



Picture Found:
http://www.catamarandomrep.com/talen/english.html

"A catamaran is a type of boat (or occasionally ship) consisting of two hulls joined by a frame. Catamarans can be sail or motor powered. The word catamaran comes from the Tamil language, in which the word kattumaram means "logs bound together". The catamaran was the invention of the paravas, an aristocratic fishing community in the southern coast of Tamilnadu, India. Catamarans were used by the ancient Tamil Chola dynasty as early as 5th century AD for moving their fleets to conquer such south-east Asian regions as Burma, Indonesia and Malaysia." Read More at SolarNavigator.net

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Visiting around this summer (I had a blast!) A real couple of Blasts with these past few hurricanes roaming the Floridas Gulf Coast. We were stuck in Miami on our way to the Florida Keys. Held up in fact by one of this years storms. Another incident down around Floridas Gulf Coast by Tampa slowed us down too, but we still took the JetSki roaming on the lakes and the bays here and there. Took a trip to the Bahamas, The Florida Keys, Tampa Bay, JetSkied our way around the lakes between Georgia and Florida and are ready to traverse the looming October fests that abound this up and coming time of the year. But.... Back to Catamarans, Boating in General, Floridas Gulf Coast and (for this post anyway) Boat Trader Online Magazine.

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Captains Dodging Hit After Hit

"BILOXI — After Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi's charter boat captains said the third year - 2008 - would be the telling season about their industry's recovery.

That was before fuel prices shot up, the economy tanked and fishing restrictions tightened on one of their prized species.

"We are still reeling ... we're on our heels," said Capt. Jay Trochesset of the Silver Dollar. "We took a standing eight count from Katrina, and it seems like we've been ... no we have been dodging punches ever since."

The charter industry's future is just as uncertain today as it was in the months after the storm's devastating attack on the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005.

Prior to Katrina, the Mississippi Charter Boat Association had 100 members; now it's less than half.

"We've got 40 full-time members now, but I don't know how long we'll have that many," said association president Capt. Tom Becker of the Skipper. "Right now, the boat that was in the slip next to mine has not run a trip all year and is now out of the water. It might be for sale." READ MORE: www.ClarionLedger.com

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