This time of year, there are usually a lot of sailboats 2-4 miles out. The wind is stronger there than in the harbour so we were out looking to see who we could race with up the coast towards Sarasota as we've done many times over 20 years of sailing here. If you read what I've posted, you'll know we were offshore of Boca Grande, west of Port Charlotte harbour. Perhaps if your read the title to this thread, you'd get a big clue?