Hi Gus,
Lots of cat sailing has happened around Cedar Key. I have helped run Hobie Points Regattas there, with up to 90 happy sailors. (Remember Points Regattas anyone?) We daysail every so often now, sometimes racing around 3 of the islands (no rules- go any way you want). There are yellow sandy deserted beaches on several of the south and west sides of the uninhabited keys offshore. Some, like Seahorse Key are official bird sanctuaries and offlimits to explore inshore. This is where the egrets, pelicans, diamondbacks, saltmarsh mosquitoes and horseflies live. Its best to visit these beautiful undeveloped beaches, pull the cat up for a while to picnic, and to shuffle your feet when swimming and wading so as to not step on any stingrays. (No jetskis will be appear to buzz your head!) Lots of rolling fish, leaping mullet, horseshoe crabs and big birds roosting in the trees. Then, typically, my wife scores a superb restaurant fish dinner while we have a cold beer and watch the sunset over the gulf, as there are no highrises in the way, and no traffic either. If several boats want to use the public beach, we ask the Mayor ahead of time by phone, and check in with THE Policeman. It is not called Florida's Nature Coast for nothing.

Dave Carlson, Commodore Hobie Fleet 153