HISTORY

Seawatch was started in 1981 by a group of individuals from St. Petersburg, Florida.  They formed Turtle Kraals Ltd. in order to develop Seawatch and in 1981 filed the necessary documents to form the condominium.  As originally planned, Seawatch was to consist of 272 residential units along with the recreational facilities and the marina.  Originally, there were two models, the Seward and the Windward, each residential unit consisting of approximately 2100 square feet.  You might be interested to know that in 1982, the developers' top price for residential units was $225,000.00, and boat slip prices were between $15,000.00 and $25,000.00.  In those early days, Seawatch was advertised as follows:

"Being at latitude 24 degrees 44 minutes and longitude 81 degrees 02 minutes. Just south of civilization as we know it.  Graced by the Atlantic on one side and the Gulf on the other, Seawatch.  a new private protected marina community like nothing the Florida Keys have ever experienced before."

In 1982 Buildings 7 and 8 were constructed along with the recreational facilities.  in 1983, Building 6 was finished and in 1984 the developer was finished (went bankrupt).  Recovered from bankruptcy by a different group of investors, today, Seawatch is quite different than originally planned.  We have 48 residential units in three buildings along with the recreational facilities and the marina.  We think that Seawatch offers a living environment along with facilities that are unmatched anywhere in the Keys.