The Sunshine State has been attracting Americans for decades, as well as Canadians and many others… Sunshine, quality of life, and of course, the sea! A playground for superyachts and deep-sea fishing enthusiasts, Florida is attracting more and more multihull sailors. And they don’t seem to be disappointed!
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Published on 24/01/2019
By
Emmanuel van Deth
Issue:
164
Published:
Mar.
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Apr.
2019
A simple glance at Google Maps allows two points to be appreciated: Florida is the southernmost state of the USA, and this territory-peninsula is logically rich in coastline. Indeed, the south of California, Texas and New Orleans are also close to the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer, but their coasts don’t offer perfect lagoons…and they have very little infrastructure dedicated to leisure sailing.
In Florida, the water is everywhere! Although the coast stretches over nearly 2,000 km (over 1,000 nm) as the crow flies, the actual coastline measures 13,600 km (7,300…
