Hmmmm....I'm trying to find information on the Hobie rentals, in case I can't talk my wife into letting me schlep the boat to Florida.

On the other hand, I am also looking at a map of St. Petersburg, where my uncle lives, and both Tampa Bay and the outlying islands look very tempting. Where are there good places to put in near St. Petersburg? I'm not clear on the scale of this map - between St Pete / Clearwater and the row of islands, would we be within sight of land the whole time? (We are still novices, and want to play it safe...)

Jonathan