Tag: boating

Officers to step up boating patrol over Memorial Day weekend

Written by Cape Coral Mortgage Syndicated User on May 27, 2021. Posted in Cape Coral Mortgage, Mortgage Cape Coral.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – As you head out on the water over Memorial Day weekend, so will law enforcement. Thousands of boats will be out this weekend, and law enforcement officials said you should remember to wear a life jacket. “It’s one of the busiest boating weekends out of the whole year,” Corporal J. Trufan with the Punta Gorda Police Department said. “We’ll have several officers out this weekend and we’ll have a team out looking specifically for impaired drivers.” Drinking and boating is just as dangerous as drinking and driving. Alcohol...

Online petition started to ban commercial boats at Cayo Costa dock

Written by Cape Coral Mortgage Syndicated User on May 20, 2021. Posted in Cape Coral Mortgage, Mortgage Cape Coral.

CAYO COSTA, Fla.– Hundreds of people have signed an online petition for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to stop allowing commercial boats at a dock on the south side of Cayo Costa. The island is nestled between North Captiva Island and Boca Grande, only accessible by boat. Its southern end, known as “the narrows,” has a dock that Randy Johnson with “Save Cayo Costa” told NBC2 used to be accessible to private boaters like himself. He loved the area for its remoteness and peace. “It’s the crown jewel of southwest Florida,”...