Boating expert: Promotion key
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN, gmartin@sun-herald.com
Jack Ewing strolls past boats at anchor of Gilchrist Park. Punta Gorda is applying for grants to fund the $225,000 design of a mooring field in this area.
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A cruising yacht rests at anchor off Punta Gorda. The city needs to promote itself as boat-friendly destination to attract more such visitors, says Claiborne Young, cruising expert.
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This dock behind the Best Western Waterfront Hotel would be replaced by a marina and a Harborwalk segment, in Punta Gorda's plans.
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Claiborne Young cites Washington, N.C. as an example of a town that recreated itself as a boating destination, during a talk at a community workshop in Punta Gorda Friday.
PUNTA GORDA — To
establish this city as a destination for wayfaring boaters: keep anchorage regulations to a minimum; build showers, a laundromat and a dinghy dock; and preserve the attractive character of downtown, yachting expert Claiborne Young told a group of residents at a community workshop Friday.
“The number one thing you need is to promote your waterfront community more,” Young said.
