145′
Yacht Brokers in Fort Lauderdale
The deepest brokerage market in the world, and the one Aspire works from. More yachts change hands within a few miles of the New River than anywhere else on earth.
- Listed here now
- 284
- From
- $399,000 to $30,238,000
- Up to
- 145′
The market
What Fort Lauderdale Is
Fort Lauderdale is called the yachting capital of the world for an unglamorous reason: the infrastructure is all here. Three hundred miles of navigable waterway, the deep-water access of Port Everglades, the largest concentration of refit yards and marine trades anywhere, and the boat show that sets the calendar for the whole industry every autumn.
For a buyer that means choice and comparison. Several examples of the same model are usually lying within a short drive of each other, surveyors and mechanics who know those models are a phone call away, and a haul-out slot is a scheduling problem rather than a road trip. For an owner selling, it means the buyers are already here.
Aspire is based here, and it is where most of our transactions close, including boats found elsewhere and brought in, because the tax treatment and the trades make Fort Lauderdale the sensible place to complete.
Everything is within reach
Surveyors, diesel mechanics, riggers, canvas shops, electronics installers and the yards to haul her, all inside twenty minutes. Nowhere else in the world has this density, and it shows up in what maintenance costs and how fast it happens.
The Bahamas at first light
Bimini is about 50 nautical miles across the Stream. Leave early on a settled morning and you are anchored off a sandbar by lunch, which is the reason a great many boats are kept here rather than further north.
The show sets the market
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is the largest in-water show in the world and the point around which the selling season turns. Listings appear before it and deals close after it.
Depth and dockage
Port Everglades takes ships, which means the yachts have real water. Slips run from municipal to superyacht, and the range is why boats of every size are based in the same few square miles.
Lying here now
284 Yachts on the Market in Fort Lauderdale
From the whole cooperative, not only our own listings, and updated as the market moves. A spread across the sizes rather than the largest nine.
- 145′
118′
95′
82′
74′
66′
56′
52′
42′
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The water
Inlets and Where Boats Lie
Port Everglades and Hillsboro Inlet
Port Everglades is deep, wide and open in most conditions, which is why boats that cross to the islands regularly are kept south of Hillsboro rather than north of it.
Marinas on this stretch
- Bahia Mar
- Pier Sixty-Six
- Las Olas Marina
- Lauderdale Marine Center
- Bradford Marine
- Cable Marine
Straight answers
Fort Lauderdale Questions
What does it cost to dock a yacht in Fort Lauderdale?
Twenty-five to seventy-five dollars per linear foot per month, depending on the marina, the location and what comes with the slip. A 50 footer is therefore roughly $15,000 to $45,000 a year on dockage alone. Annual contracts beat monthly rates, and moving a few miles off the prime stretch saves real money without much inconvenience.
Why do so many boats sell in Fort Lauderdale?
Because the buyers, the surveyors, the yards and the closing infrastructure are all here, and because Florida caps state sales tax on a vessel at $18,000 however much she cost. Boats found in other states are routinely brought here to complete, and a trade-in credit against the purchase makes the arithmetic better still.
Do I need a licence to run a yacht in Florida?
Not a licence, but anyone born on or after 1 January 1988 needs a Florida Boating Safety Education Identification Card to operate a vessel of 10 horsepower or more. There is no size limit on what a private owner may run, though your insurer may have views, particularly on a step up of thirty feet or more, and above about 70 feet a captain stops being optional in practice.
Can you show me a boat that is not one of yours?
Yes, and most of what we show is somebody else's listing. Through the cooperative we can arrange a viewing on any yacht any member brokerage has listed, and one of our brokers is aboard with you for it.
Buying or Selling in Fort Lauderdale?
We are based in Fort Lauderdale and we work this whole coast. A broker is aboard for every showing, wherever she lies, and there is no fee to a buyer for having one there.
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