Where and when
Two coasts, two seasons, one point of contact
Vantage runs on the same calendar a lot of boats already run on. Southeast Florida through the winter, from Palm Beach down through Fort Lauderdale to Miami. The Maine coast through the summer, from Kittery to Bar Harbor. If your boat moves between them, you are not hiring two providers and hoping they speak to each other.
Winter
Southeast Florida
Vantage is based in Lake Park, on the Lake Worth Lagoon, and works Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. That corridor is roughly ninety miles of Intracoastal, five working inlets, and the densest concentration of yards and marine trades anywhere in the country, which is exactly what makes a vendor network worth having here.
South Florida is also brutal on boats. Year-round sun, salt that never washes off on its own, water warm enough to grow a bottom in weeks, and a storm season that decides how much slack the dock lines should have. A boat in this corridor is not resting between seasons. It is aging, continuously.
- Palm Beach and West Palm Beach
Lake Worth Lagoon, Singer Island, Riviera Beach, North Palm Beach, Jupiter, and the Lake Park marinas Vantage is based alongside.
- Fort Lauderdale and Broward
The New River, Las Olas, the 17th Street corridor, Dania Beach, Pompano, and Lighthouse Point.
- Miami and Miami-Dade
Biscayne Bay, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Miami Beach, Haulover, and the Miami River yards.
If your boat moves with the season
The usual arrangement for a migrating boat is two separate providers who never speak. Whatever was noted in Maine in September is not in anyone's hands in Florida in December, and the boat starts every season from zero.
Running both ends with one person removes the handoff entirely. The same captain closes her, delivers her or coordinates the delivery, opens her at the other end, and carries the same maintenance record and the same list of what was watched last season straight across.
- Step 1
Close
Systems shut down properly, canvas handled, the boat documented in the state she was left in.
- Step 2
Move
Delivered by a licensed captain, or the delivery coordinated and tracked, billed for the time it takes.
- Step 3
Open
Commissioned and tested at the other end, safety gear checked, and every system confirmed under load.
- Step 4
Carry over
The maintenance record, the watch list, and the vendor history move with the boat rather than restarting.
Common questions
Not seeing yours? Contact us.
- What happens to my Florida boat when you go north for the summer?
- The summer schedule is planned with every Florida owner before the season, not sprung on them. For boats that stay south, the arrangement is agreed in advance, whether that is a reduced summer schedule, a trusted local vendor coordinated by Vantage, or a lay-up plan for the hurricane season. Nothing is left to be figured out in July.
- My boat only ever sits in one place. Does the two-season thing matter?
- Only in one way that helps you: Captain Trace works both markets, so he sees how boats age in a hard salt environment and in a hard freeze environment. Most owners are single-region and are served exactly the same way.
- Will you deliver the boat between the two?
- Yes. The run is captain work, billed for the time it takes, and it is described on the captain services page. For owners on Full Management it means the same person closes the boat at one end and opens her at the other.
- How far outside these areas will you go?
- The regular weekly schedule is built around the marinas listed on this page, because a weekly commitment only means something if the drive is realistic. Deliveries, refit oversight, and project work travel further. Ask about a specific location rather than assuming it is out of range.
Service areas in detail
Every city and region page Vantage covers, one click from here, grouped by the market it sits in.
Palm Beach County
Home water. The Lake Worth Lagoon, Singer Island, Riviera Beach, North Palm Beach, and Jupiter, worked from the Lake Park marinas Vantage is based alongside.
- Marine Detailing Palm Beach
Scheduled washing on the Lake Worth Lagoon, with correction, coatings, and bottom cleaning coordinated around it.
- Boat Detailing West Palm Beach
A bi-weekly wash on the West Palm Beach waterfront, run by the captain who manages the boat.
- Boat Ceramic Coating Palm Beach
What the prep involves, what the coating really lasts in Florida sun, and how the quote gets read before you commit.
- Boat Oxidation Removal Palm Beach
The least aggressive step that actually works, sourced from local specialists and inspected afterward.
- Gelcoat Restoration Palm Beach
Restoration scoped by the captain who manages the boat and performed by Palm Beach specialists.
Broward County and Fort Lauderdale
The New River, Las Olas, the 17th Street corridor, Dania Beach, Pompano, and Lighthouse Point, plus the yards and trades that sit behind them.
- Yacht Management Fort Lauderdale
The full program on Broward boats: weekly checks, washes, and managed repairs run by a licensed USCG captain.
- Yacht Maintenance Fort Lauderdale
A written maintenance plan run against a weekly check aboard, not against a calendar nobody is reading.
- Boat Repair Fort Lauderdale
The right vendor sourced from a working network, the work overseen at the boat, every bid reviewed first.
- Yacht Repair Fort Lauderdale
Multi-trade work through Broward yards, with the scope written first and closed out to a punch list.
- Outboard Repair Fort Lauderdale
Engine work sourced from Broward specialists and quoted with an independent bid review before you approve it.
- Yacht Refit Fort Lauderdale
Owner's representative oversight through a refit: scope, competitive bids, the yard watched, the list closed.
- Boat Detailing Fort Lauderdale
Scheduled washing plus coordinated bottom and hull cleaning, run as a program rather than a one-off visit.
- Yacht Detailing Fort Lauderdale
Correction, coatings, and brightwork scoped and inspected, rather than sold by the crew doing the work.
Miami-Dade County
Biscayne Bay, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Miami Beach, Haulover, and the Miami River yards, where warm shallow water sets the whole maintenance interval.
- Yacht Management Miami
The full program on Biscayne Bay boats, with independent bid review on every quote.
- Boat Repair Miami
The right mechanic or yard sourced across Miami-Dade, and the work overseen at the boat.
- Outboard Repair Miami
Diagnostics, service, and the repower decision, handled through Miami specialists.
- Boat Survey and Inspection Miami
Surveyors sourced and attended, sea trials run by a licensed captain, findings turned into a priced plan.
- Boat Detailing Miami
Scheduled washing on a fixed cycle, with hull cleaning on its own interval for bay water that fouls fast.
- Yacht Cleaning Miami
Interior and exterior cleaning kept on schedule, with deeper detailing scoped and sourced, not upsold.
The Maine coast
Kittery to Bar Harbor through the summer, on the same weekly routine that runs in Florida, inside a season short enough that the spring and fall dates decide the year.
- Maine Yacht Management
Every harbor Vantage reaches, plus the commissioning and haul-out dates the whole season hangs on.
Tell us where the boat sits
Send the marina or the mooring field and the boat's details, and you will hear straight back about the schedule in that area.