Fort Lauderdale
A weekly check aboard, bi-weekly washes, vendors sourced from a working Broward network, and every repair bid reviewed before you approve it. One licensed captain covering the New River, the Las Olas isles, the 17th Street corridor, Pompano, and Lighthouse Point.
Fort Lauderdale has more yacht management companies per mile of canal than anywhere in the country, and most of them are structured the same way: an office, a fleet department, a crew that rotates, and an account manager between you and whoever last stood on your boat. That structure works at scale. It is also why so many owners cannot get a straight answer about what was actually done last week.
Vantage is the other shape. One licensed USCG captain, a fixed weekly routine, a written report after every visit, and repairs sourced through his own network of Broward yards and technicians with every bid reviewed before you approve it.
The corridor covered here runs from the New River and the Las Olas isles north through Coral Ridge and the Middle River to Pompano and Lighthouse Point, and south to the Dania Cut yards. It is a compact market, which is exactly what makes a genuine weekly commitment possible in it.
Four parts, run by one captain rather than divided across an office.
Aboard the boat every week: bilges and pumps, shore power and batteries, the engine room, sea strainers, through-hulls, dock lines set for the tide, climate, and the state of the finish. Reported in writing the same day.
A full bi-weekly wash, because salt in this corridor does not wait for you to notice it. Post-trip washdowns are included at the Full Management tier.
The mechanic, the diver, the electronics tech, the canvas shop, the yard. Sourced, scheduled, met at the boat, and overseen, so you are not driving down to unlock a hatch.
Every quote read before you approve it: scope, hours, parts, and what has been left out. No Broward yard sells a second opinion on its own estimate.
Every market punishes neglect differently. Here is what shows up on boats in this corridor, usually on a boat whose owner is somewhere else.
Both tiers run the same weekly routine. What separates them is how much of the planning and vendor work you want to keep.
Monthly retainer
The monthly retainer that keeps eyes on the boat. A weekly check, sea strainers cleaned on schedule, and a bi-weekly wash.
Best for: Owners who want someone licensed looking at the boat every week and reporting back, who still want to be hands on.
Monthly retainer
Everything in Essential Care, plus a written maintenance plan, vendors managed for you, and the boat opened and closed for your trips.
Best for: Owners who do not want to coordinate anything: the schedule, the yard, the parts, and the trip turnaround are all handled.
A la carte work is billed for our time on top of your monthly retainer, so you pay for hours actually worked and nothing is buried in the tier price. That covers captain services, repairs, maintenance, and provisioning and concierge, which you can also use without a retainer at all.
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Send the make, model, and length, and the marina or canal she sits in. You will get pricing for both tiers on that specific boat.