Tampa area question...

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I am in Fl till Friday and will be in Tampa all day Friday, anywhere to be able to see some boats and have lunch before heading back to Ohio?

[cigdaze]

Are you here this weekend? Want a ride in the Cafe?

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Are you here this weekend? Want a ride in the Cafe?

I would love to but have a plane ride out Friday at 7ish... if I had known when the boss planned stuff I could have arranged differently, but now I have to be home this weekend for stuff there...

[cigdaze]

Bummer. Oh well...Too bad i can't take off this week, otherwise I'd like to meet up Friday.
Anyway, a good place to stop for lunch and be around boats would be Hula Bay. It's a great Tiki Hut/Bar/Restaurant with a marina and slips, and it's not too far from the airport.
http://www.hulabayclub.com/

[FormulaOne]

anywhere to be able to see some boats

I would start outside by the water.
Or the toy section in WALMART

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I would start outside by the water.
Or the toy section in WALMART

Thanks... I looked at the toy section but nothing good...:sifone:

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Bummer. Oh well...Too bad i can't take off this week, otherwise I'd like to meet up Friday.
Anyway, a good place to stop for lunch and be around boats would be Hula Bay. It's a great Tiki Hut/Bar/Restaurant with a marina and slips, and it's not too far from the airport.
http://www.hulabayclub.com/

Thanks, if I did not have to be home I would stay, I appreciate the offer though... IU will try to check that place out, looks cool!

[florida gator]

Are you here this weekend? Want a ride in the Cafe?

That's the only downside to living in Fl. You never get to say I'm visiting and get offered a ride on a bad azz boat:(

Oh well, I'm pretty spoiled by the amount of time I get to spend on the water anyway. Had lunch at the Undertow yesterday, dinner at Caddy's the night before and wade fishing to the live music from the Sloppy Pelican and Philthy Phils the last 2 nights. Not to brag though......

[Buoy]

That's the only downside to living in Fl. You never get to say I'm visiting and get offered a ride on a bad azz boat:(

Oh well, I'm pretty spoiled by the amount of time I get to spend on the water anyway. Had lunch at the Undertow yesterday, dinner at Caddy's the night before and wade fishing to the live music from the Sloppy Pelican and Philthy Phils the last 2 nights. Not to brag though......

Caddy's is one of my favorite places down there.

[Buoy]

Gator's is also a good place, but I imagine John's Pass is still all tore up...

[florida gator]

Yes and no signs of it getting better anytime soon. I paid a visit right before I started my diet and stopped drinking a couple weeks ago and got really hammered!!!!

[cigdaze]

I would start outside by the water.
Or the toy section in WALMART

The powers of deduction around here are second to none.
:sifone: :26: :)

[cigdaze]

Thanks, if I did not have to be home I would stay, I appreciate the offer though... IU will try to check that place out, looks cool!

Very cool. It's a nice place. Enjoy it. :)

[cigdaze]

That's the only downside to living in Fl. You never get to say I'm visiting and get offered a ride on a bad azz boat:(
Well, you can always come visit me at the marina. :)


Had lunch at the Undertow yesterday, dinner at Caddy's the night before and wade fishing to the live music from the Sloppy Pelican and Philthy Phils the last 2 nights. Not to brag though......
You're just hating life the last few days, aren't ya? ;)
Sounds like good times. The weather's been perfect.

[cigdaze]

Caddy's is one of my favorite places down there.That place is okay, except when crazy northerners come visit, and seduce the locals into dancing. ;)

[Buoy]

That place is okay, except when crazy northerners come visit, and seduce the locals into dancing. ;)

I know nothing of what you speak.

Never happened.:sifone:

[florida gator]

Work has been crazy all year so I'm just starting to enjoy everything. But it's pretty awesome when you can wade around a point in the pass, listening to live music and work your way around to a great beach bar and watch the sunset while eating dinner!!!

I did get a citation on the boat at Caddy's a few weeks ago. They moved the area you can anchor up.

What marina are you in? I see alot of perf boats but haven't really met anyone from here to know if it's members or not.

[cigdaze]

I'm at the Harborage Marina. As far as perf boats go, there's a 36 Outlaw there, a supercharged 27 Fountain, a 29 fountain, a couple Donzis, 2 Scarabs, and my Cig. Not a bad crowd.

I remember your thread about the ticket. That sucks.

[cigdaze]

I know nothing of what you speak.

Never happened.:sifone:

"Who me?"
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[florida gator]

I'm at the Harborage Marina. As far as perf boats go, there's a 36 Outlaw there, a supercharged 27 Fountain, a 29 fountain, a couple Donzis, 2 Scarabs, and my Cig. Not a bad crowd.

I remember your thread about the ticket. That sucks.

Is that the marina just south of the airport downtown? I believe a buddy of mine keeps his boat there. Do they have dry storage?

[cigdaze]

Yes, that's the one - about a mile south of the airport, adjacent to the Coast Guard base. They have about 600 floating wet slips, and about 400 dry stack.

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Bummer. Oh well...Too bad i can't take off this week, otherwise I'd like to meet up Friday.
Anyway, a good place to stop for lunch and be around boats would be Hula Bay. It's a great Tiki Hut/Bar/Restaurant with a marina and slips, and it's not too far from the airport.
http://www.hulabayclub.com/

Offshore boats hang there at all?

[cigdaze]

Ya, I'll occasionally see offshores there. It's not a hotbed of high-perf or anything, but it's a popular local destination.

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Ya, I'll occasionally see offshores there. It's not a hotbed of high-perf or anything, but it's a popular local destination.

Great place! just left and I am at airport now.... light buzz... hot barmaids...that made it so worth it!!

Thanks!

[fund razor]

CigDaze.... Don't go to Tampa/St. Pete without him. :D

[LaughingCat]

We recently had a poker run in the area and Jayboat got some unbelievable equipment on film. do they reside in the area or travel in for the run? If they live local, where do they hang on the weekends?

[florida gator]

There are alot of great looking boats around here. I don't ever really see any of them hanging together in a group. Gators is always a good spot to see tehm either hanging out or coming in and out of the Pass. Shephards is another, usually a few nice boats there or runing in and out. Other than that, if you're out on the water most of the area islands usually have a few nice boats hanging around.

[cigdaze]

Great place! just left and I am at airport now.... light buzz... hot barmaids...that made it so worth it!!

Thanks!

Glad you liked it. We've always had a good time there.
:)

[cigdaze]

Great weekend to be here.
:cool: