Armada gathers to promote Punta Gorda
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN, gmartin@sun-herald.com
A cruising sailboat arrives Friday to anchor off Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda for the Harbor Happening event, which gets under way today.
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN
This gull, perched on the dock at the Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel, seems to be bracing against a chilly breeze as boats gather for the Harbor Happening event Friday.
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN
An unidentified couple motors a dinghy out to a row of yachts while getting set for a gathering of boats today off Punta Gorda.
PUNTA GORDA — The Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association set out to include boaters in its yearlong series of events to mark its 50th anniversary — and wound up launching an armada from throughout the region to help promote this city as a boating destination.
Organizers of the Harbor Happening are expecting some 300 boats to anchor off Gilchrist and Laishley parks to participate in the event today. Some 50 boats already had anchored in those areas by early Friday afternoon.
