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Manasota Beach Club has been established for over 50 years, with many loyal repeat customers, some of whom have been vacationing here since the beginning. Most of the cottages scattered around the over 20 acre property between the bay and the gulf are beachfront. The resort has a heated swimming pool, tennis courts, croquet, and shuffleboard for guests' use. It also has sailing, kayaking, paddle-boards, and a fitness facility on the property. The cottages range in size from one bedroom with one bath, to three bedrooms and two baths with a private pool and dock. The Manasota Beach Club started out as a nudist camp during the Great Depression. But when a third-generation New England innkeeping couple, Bob and Sydney Buffum, arrived in 1960 and bought a century-old home and a pair of cottages to convert, their guests had to wear clothes. The Buffums added a few more cottages during the years, and made some improvements, but never disturbed the natural surroundings. The Buffums are still in charge, rendering the kind of personalized care and comforts prized by their guests, who come back year after year. There are 14 different houses, containing a total of 28 rooms, which can accommodate up to 65 guests, most of them cypress cabin-style accommodations with good old-timey furnishings that are perfect for the beach. In addition to swimming, sailing, shelling and sunning, guests also have bocci, croquet, shuffleboard and tennis courts -- with a teaching pro in season -- plus table games in the main hall with an adjacent library that's surely the smallest in the state if not the nation to still use the Dewey Decimal System to catalog its holdings. There are nature trails to walk, looking for turtles and birds. The retreat has an American Plan during the season, which lasts this year until mid-April, at which time a modified American Plan takes over for a few weeks. The meals at MBC are an important part of the day and the total enjoyment of the experience. Breakfast is casual and lunch a little less so, with ...