Sportfish Yachts for Sale in Fort Lauderdale

Aspire Yacht Sales lists 105 sportfish and convertible yachts for sale in Florida. Viking and Hatteras are the two builders we see most, and we currently hold more Vikings than any other brand in our inventory.

Everything below is fifteen years old or newer. Prices are as listed by the selling broker and change frequently.

Sportfish yachts from $300,000 to $1.5 million

Sportfish yachts from $1.5 million to $5 million

Sportfish yachts $5 million and above

Reading engine hours on a sportfish

This is where buyers get it most wrong, and it costs them boats. Larger yachts that run to the Caribbean, or up and down the coast from Fort Lauderdale, average two hundred to five hundred hours a year. A ten-year-old convertible showing two and a half thousand hours has been used exactly as intended. Judged against a general hundred-hours-a-year rule of thumb, which circulates widely and is wrong for this market, the same boat looks abused.

Lower hours for the age are still better, and they command a premium at resale. But the threshold that matters is relative to how these boats are actually run, not an absolute number.

What else to look at

Cockpit and fishing rig. Cockpit square footage, whether the boat has a tower and what kind, fighting chair versus rocket launchers, live wells, and freezer and box capacity. A boat rigged for tournaments carries equipment a family boat does not, and it is expensive to add later.

Tournament history. A documented tournament record is a benefit, and it does not count against a boat. It matters most to the serious fisherman, who reads it as evidence the boat has been rigged, run and maintained to fish properly. If a boat has a record, ask for it, and if you are selling one that does, make sure it is in the listing.

Refit against age. A 2008 hull with recent engines, electronics and interior often beats a 2016 boat that has been neglected. Deferred maintenance is the biggest destroyer of value in this market and a surveyor finds it quickly.

Crew

Under fifty feet these are commonly owner-run. From fifty to seventy feet a captain-only arrangement is typical. From seventy to a hundred feet the minimum is a captain and a mate. A working sportfish at that size is not a one-person boat, and the running cost reflects it. Budget roughly twelve hundred dollars per foot of length per year for a full-time captain.

How we compare boats

When we shortlist vessels for a client, three things drive the comparison before anything else: the newest year available within the budget, the highest horsepower offered for that model, and the lowest engine hours for the age. Condition, refit history and where the boat is lying come next.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a sportfish and a convertible? In practice, nothing that matters to a buyer. The MLS keeps them as separate categories, but the terms are used interchangeably for the same kind of boat: a fishing cockpit, accommodation below, and usually a flybridge above. We list them together here so you are seeing the whole market rather than an arbitrary half of it.

How many engine hours is too many on a sportfish? There is no absolute number. Larger boats in regular use average two hundred to five hundred hours a year, so judge the total against the age and the cruising history rather than a fixed threshold. Lower hours for the age are better, and they resell better.

Can a sportfish reach the Bahamas from Fort Lauderdale? Comfortably, and it is one of the main reasons owners keep them here.