There is no odor of any kind from either salt water or fresh water. The fresh water canals have been built by the developer and are "treated" to maintain a proper PH level. It was done to eliminate any build up of barnacles on the bottom of the vessel and keep fresh water running through the engines of the vessel. Maintanence on the boats bottom is greatly reduced. It stays clean!
The "lifts" are at the end of each canal,and are designed to lift the boat out of the fresh water and lower it into the waters of the Manatee River, which are brackish (part salt and part fresh) and provide you the abaility of driving your boat out into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Inlets has always been an area cattering to upscale corporate executives and professionals that move a lot. There is NOTHING wrong with the development; on the contrary, it is beautifuland highly sought after.
Richard N. Armstrong - Tue Sep 22 2009, 15:44