The event, since 2005 (though its history is much earlier), attracts about 200,000 people to the area for celebrating in pirate-carnival style. Patrick’s Day festivities, a section of the Hillsborough River is dyed green, similarly to the famous Chicago River.īayshore Blvd is also the staging site of the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates, held annually the last Saturday of January with festivities in the city and on the water featuring the pirate sailing vessel, Jose Gasparilla. Boaters can find dockage and tie up and enjoy a walk and meal downtown. The other is Riverwalk, 2.4 miles along the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa, lined with restaurants, shops and more. Tampa features two waterside walkways the Bayshore Blvd sidewalk on Hillsborough Bay in South Tampa, is the longest continuous sidewalk in the world at 4.5 miles and 10’ wide. 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. Shell collecting is another popular activity. The Bay provides boaters access to the many natural sandbar formations and islands, such as Shell Key, Caladesi Island State Park, Egmont Key Wildlife Refuge, Pine Key (Beer Can Island aka Tiki Bay Island), Greer Island Beach, Three Rooker Bar (very popular with weekend boaters), Turtle Beach and many more.
Tampa Bay covers a nearly 400 square mile area of great fishing (over 200 species including redfish, snook, trout and mangrove snapper), wakeboarding and other watersports, and recreational boating. Petersburg with Terra Ceia at lower Tampa Bay.
Boaters, along with Cruise Ships, Coast Guard vessels, tankers, container ships and more, enter Tampa Bay from the Gulf of Mexico beneath the magnificent 430’ high Sunshine Skyway Bridge with cable stays that resemble a ship’s mast and sails when viewed from a distance.
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