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Boat Ramps On Anna Maria Island

There are four boat ramps available to the public on Anna Maria Island:
Holmes Beach City
Kingfish
Coquina North
Coquina south

Holmes Beach Memorial Park Boat Ramp
63rd Street East
1 lane, 9 trailer spaces

https://amipost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Holmes-Beach-Boat-Ramp-Anna-Maria-Island.mp4
Holmes Beach boat ramp

Kingfish Boat Ramp
752 Manatee Ave
46 parking spaces, 3 lanes

https://youtu.be/6kVKDWgUwvc
Kingfish Boat Ramp

Coquina North
2652 Gulf Drive S
28 trailer, 12 parking spaces, 2 lanes

Coquina South
Gulf Drive S
50 trailer spaces, 2 lanes

https://youtu.be/sEukZ9L55wo

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1l3IqJv5UojggHUqVCAjZC_Lj6ITQAdtH&usp=sharing

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Sailing Anna Maria Island And Tampa Bay

Sailing from Anna Maria Island canal out into Tampa Bay, Bean Point, and return.

Sailing out of Anna Maria Island waterfront properties could not be easier. Anything north of Manatee Ave Highway 64 has direct access to Tampa Bay without passing under a bridge. The channel between Anna Maria City and Key Royale, Holmes Beach, is maintained to allow access by large yachts to Galati marina, and the sheltered canals and most boat slips lining Bimini Bay offer depths of at least six feet.

Once out into Tampa Bay, a large body of water is accessible to all keelboats, with only a few shallow spots or dredge spoil banks to beware. To the east, under the Skyway Bridge, the bay stretches up to Saint Petersburg and Tampa. To the west, leaving Tampa Bay for the Gulf of Mexico is right around the corner of Bean Point, or via the deep shipping channel north of Egmont Key.

The Intracoastal Waterway tracks south inside the barrier islands, but can be too narrow to maintain sailing angles, and is interrupted by several scheduled bridge openings. To the north the ICW continues at Pass-A-Grille.

Down the coast, the next large sailing area is Charlotte Harbor, then Florida Keys.


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