Lighthouse Point Marina, located in the center of Pinellas County is surrounded by restaurants and major retailers (Target, Boaters World, Thunder Marine) and is only 10 minutes from John’s Pass and the Gulf of Mexico. The Skyway District has shopping, restaurants, entertainment, nearby theme parks and other activities. It features a service yard with a 50-ton travel lift, fuel dock, provisioning, pump-out service, business services and much more. Petersburg’s Skyway District, welcomes transients and guests to its 212 slips with 4 megayacht berths (max. The Museum houses a permanent collection of paintings, photos, drawings, book illustrations and sculptured objects in the surreal modern art style that made Dali one of the most celebrated artists of all time. The marina has 640 permanent wet slips ranging in size from 28’ to 100,’ a 500’ transient dock with minimum 10’ depth throughout, fuel, facilities, marina store, and a mooring field.Īnother attraction of the downtown area is the Salvador Dali Museum, displaying the largest collection of Dali’s work outside of Europe. The St Petersburg Municipal Marina is an easy walk from the Pier and located in the heart of the downtown waterfront area with its lovely Mediterranean-style architecture, world-class hotels and the Sundial St Pete (formerly Baywalk) shopping, dining and entertainment complex that opened in May 2014. Features of the new Pier include a playground, Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center (ecosystem education for all ages), restaurants, shops, St Petersburg Museum of History, and of course, the Fishing Deck at The Point. The Pier with its green spaces, spa beach, and outdoor Marketplace of independent vendors, is a great place to stroll, bike, dine, drink, shop, swim, enjoy a concert and simply celebrate life with family and friends in a beautiful outdoor setting. Just completed this summer, the new St Petersburg Pier now extends one-quarter mile into Tampa Bay and has been transformed into a 26-acre attraction designed to appeal to pedestrians of all ages, and especially the younger demographic that has increased in the Sun Coast area. And there are hundreds of miles of clear, shallow waters for nature tours by kayak, including the marked “trails” through the mangrove forests of Caladesi Island State Park near Dunedin, and Weedon Island Preserve near St Petersburg. Additionally, the area features over 200 miles of deep-water residential canals ideal for sightseeing the gorgeous estates that line the waterfront. Tampa Bay is eastward, along with its many protected harbors, bayous, marinas and natural anchorages. Give us a call today at 1-77 about purchasing a new boat or listing your current yacht on the brokerage market. United Yacht Sales can help you find the perfect yacht for sale in Florida. To the west is the Gulf of Mexico and to south is Boca Ciega Bay and the distinctive Skyway Bridge, rising 430’ over boats and ships entering Tampa Bay from the Gulf. St Petersburg and Clearwater front along 40-miles of the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway (GICW), that runs north/south between the mainland and the Gulf barrier islands that form “passes” to and from open water. No wonder Pinellas County has more registered boats than any other Florida County! The area is perfect for all kinds of outdoor and water-based activities, such as powerboat cruising, sailing, PWCs (jet skis), offshore and inshore fishing, scuba diving and wakeboarding are some of the most popular. Across Tampa Bay from the City of Tampa is St Petersburg, popularly known as “America’s Boating and Sailing Capital” because it has more good boating water and weather than any other area of the US.