Ad promotes Punta Gorda to cruising boaters
SUN PHOTOS BY GREG MARTIN
More boats like this ketch will be seen anchored off Punta Gorda in the future, if an advertisement in a cruisers website proves effective.
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN
Dennis Hurst, a former Port Charlotte resident who took to living on a sailboat at Fishermen's Village to tick off an item on his "bucket list," says advertising Punta Gorda anchorages is a good idea. "There's a lot of competing marinas, and Punta Gorda's as good a place as any," he said.
PUNTA GORDA — Seafarers looking for a nice place to rest at anchor along the coastal Southeastern United States will be hailed to this small town at the mouth of Charlotte Harbor through an advertisement that several groups worked to publish on a website for cruising sailors.
The Punta Gorda Boaters Alliance joined forces with Team Punta Gorda’s maritime committee and the Charlotte County Visitors and Convention Bureau to purchase the advertisement. Having started Oct. 1, the advertisement will run for one year on the Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net (cruisers
net.com).
