Islamorada Sportsman Boat Owners Raft Up 2024

The much-anticipated first Islamorada 2024 Sportsman Boat owners raft up was held this past weekend in the beautiful Florida Keys.

We Had a fun weekend packed with events and give aways. We kicked it off Friday night with a meet and greet with some of the best views in Islamorada at “The Sandbar” restaurant in Whale Harbor. We had complimentary appetizers thanks to Seakeeper, Unique Marine and Sportsman, give away shirts, coozies, as well as Sportsman and Seakeeper swag. We had a great turn out of dealers and owners. We had dealers from Stuart (Sand N Sea Marine), The Keys (Unique Marine) and even all the way down from Charleston (Hanckel Marine) attend and join us in the fun. Many boat owners attended from all over the state as well.

Saturday was the raft up at the Islamorada sandbar. Despite some bad weather we still had a good amount of boats show up. We had customers run down from the west coast, central Florida, Fort Lauderdale and Miami. Seakeeper was there with their Open 262, offering demo rides and talking with customers about their products. Once the rain stopped and everyone was back in the water, we fired up the grill and provided lunch to everyone.

Sunday was going to be our snorkeling day at Alligator Reef but due to wind and chop we didn’t end up going out. Us Florida residents took advantage of the extra pre-mini season lobster day and went diving for lobster. The conditions on the gulf side were much better than the Atlantic so most of us spent Sunday running around to restaurants and lobstering.

We are excited to announce this will become an annual event and only get better in years to come. It’s a great place to meet like minded people, enjoy family time on the water and make memories.

If you’d like to get on our mailing list about future events. Please send an email to aaron.sportsmanboats@gmail.com.