Sarasota boating, seen from the water.
Real Sarasota boating adventures — dolphin encounters, island sandbars, and Gulf Coast cruising — new episodes every week, filmed from the bow.
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From Chicago transplants to Sarasota boaters.
We're Dave and Jenn. We moved from Chicago to Sarasota, Florida, and about a year in, bought our first boat. Jenn kept saying we should put it on YouTube — about a year after buying the boat, we finally did.
The boat itself is a 2023 Chaparral 21 SSi we named the More Everything — a Seinfeld joke, if you caught it. We picked it as a solid starter boat, and it's treated us well.
Jenn also runs SaltyBeachBumLife — same handle on Instagram — for more of the beach life outside the boat.
Three ways we go boating in Sarasota
Every Sarasota boating episode falls into one of these — pick your favorite, or catch all three in a single trip down the coast.
Cruising Sarasota Bay, from above and below
Drone-shot runs along Sarasota Bay and the Gulf, paired with on-deck footage of the routes, markers, and hidden stretches only local boaters know.
Siesta Key & Longboat Key sandbar life
Siesta Key, Longboat Key, Snake Island, and the sandbars in between — plus where to tie up for dinner after a day of Sarasota boating.
Wildlife encounters on the water
Dolphins, manatees, and sea turtles — spotted where you'd actually find them boating around Sarasota, not staged for the camera.
The latest Sarasota boating episodes
Straight from our Sarasota Boating YouTube channel — subscribe and hit the bell so you don't miss the next one.
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Become a Sarasota Boating member
Three tiers of channel membership on YouTube — each one builds on the perks from the level before it.
The Sarasota Dock & Dine eBook
Our roundup of favorite waterside restaurants worth pulling up to — the ones we actually tie up at while boating around Sarasota, mapped and ready for your next outing.
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Gear we actually run with
The boat life essentials, deck gear, and on-water gadgets we use boating around Sarasota, all in one shoppable list.
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