Let’s address the obvious: this is a floating tiki hut with an outboard motor bolted to the back, and it is exactly as ridiculous as that sounds. You board at Slip 30 in the Clearwater Beach Marina, a licensed captain does the driving, you bring your own cooler, and for two hours the bar goes wherever the bar feels like going. The thatched roof is real, the seating wraps a proper center bar, and dolphins turn up often enough that the captains have stopped pointing them out. Purists will insist a beach bar needs a foundation. Purists have never had a rum drink while a bottlenose surfaced ten feet off the rail.
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