benjamin

don't even think about sailing in the ICW on a week end, traffic can be real crazy !

there are a couple of lakes near hollywood, off the ICW, not sure how far they are from where you launched. But still crazy on week ends, with mosquitoes aka pwcs... your best bet is biscayne bay as robi suggested, it's only 25 minutes from Dania... you can launch from either windsurfer beach, before the bridge or hobie beach after the bridge. WS is not as packed on weekends and maybe easier to find a spot to get to the water.

unlike the black waters of the ICW, biscayne bay south of downtown has nice blue water and many sandbars to stop at and take a break. I have a google earth file on www.sandbarhopper.com with lot of info and pictures of anchorages and point of interests...