We enjoyed the warm water after games and realized that even though it was hot we felt comfortable. Also, riding our bikes cooled us off on the paths through Shipyard under those wonderful big shady trees with hanging spanish moss. The boys still get a kick out of looking for alligators in the ponds. Only one tiny strip of the Shipyard property borders the beach, and that occurs in the extreme northeast corner just behind the Crowne Plaza Resort. Low dunes tufted with grass separate the beach proper from a line of palm trees and the hotel and beach club.
Blue umbrellas stud the sand, which is otherwise cluttered with beach tricycles and chairs.
Shipyard has 27 holes of golf. The only fitness center is a small one at the Crowne Plaza Resort. There are bike trails through the property but not much else in the way of other recreation. The Crowne Plaza has a children's playground, and it also runs something called Camp Castaway, an adventure camp for children ages 3-12. Lodging The hotel is a rather utilitarian-looking concrete block structure whose stark architecture is barely relieved by the room balconies and some blue trim It stands behind a pool and lagoon which themselves are set back behind the dunes of a short stretch of beach, about as long as the hotel is wide.