Minted Locations
A Minted Location is a yachting market we work for buyers — where the boats, the docks, and the deals actually are. Each guide covers the marinas, the dock-and-dine runs, the cruising grounds and the service yards, with every figure sourced from the facility itself.
Florida Atlantic Coast
11 markets
JacksonvilleFL
Mayport to Amelia Island — the St. Johns River city and the gateway to Georgia
St. AugustineFL
The nation's oldest port — Matanzas to Vilano Beach
Daytona BeachFL
Ponce Inlet up the Halifax — New Smyrna to Ormond
Cape Canaveral & MelbourneFL
Sebastian Inlet to the Canaveral Lock — the launch-view coast
Fort PierceFL
The all-weather doorway — Fort Pierce Inlet to Vero Beach
Stuart & the St. LucieFL
St. Lucie Inlet to the Okeechobee Waterway
Jupiter & TequestaFL
Inlet country — the Jupiter Lighthouse to Hobe Sound
Palm BeachFL
Sailfish Alley and the superyacht coast
Fort LauderdaleFL
The Yachting Capital of the World
MiamiFL
Where Biscayne Bay meets the Gulf Stream
Biscayne BayFL
The clear-water run from the Grove to the Keys
Florida Keys
4 markets
Florida Gulf Coast
7 markets
Naples & Marco IslandFL
Gordon Pass to the Ten Thousand Islands
Fort Myers & Cape CoralFL
The river, the islands, and the lock to Okeechobee
Charlotte HarborFL
Boca Grande Pass and Florida's second-largest harbor
Sarasota & BradentonFL
Sarasota Bay from Big Pass to the Manatee River
St. Petersburg & St Pete BeachFL
Pass-a-Grille to the downtown waterfront
Tampa Bay & Downtown TampaFL
Egmont Key to the Riverwalk day docks
Clearwater & DunedinFL
Indian Shores to Palm Harbor — the boat-only beaches
The Bahamas
7 markets
BiminiThe Bahamas
Fifty miles of Gulf Stream, and the first dock in the Bahamas
Grand BahamaThe Bahamas
A 150-ton lift, a 1,200-ton drydock, and 56 miles from Florida
The AbacosThe Bahamas
Protected inside water, berths to 200 feet, and seven feet at low tide
The Berry IslandsThe Bahamas
Two ports of entry, 174 slips, and a cut you take on a rising tide
Nassau & Paradise IslandThe Bahamas
Two 250-foot berths, at opposite ends of one island
Eleuthera & Harbour IslandThe Bahamas
Berths to 300 feet over seven feet of draft — read that twice
The ExumasThe Bahamas
112,640 acres where a national park writes the rate card
Turks & Caicos
1 market
Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands
6 markets
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
US soil, US dollars — and a customs line you can cross by accident
St ThomasUSVI
656 ft on 25 ft of draft, no beam limit, and a customs line through American water
St JohnUSVI
Seven nights per bay, thirty nights a year — the park sets the terms
St CroixUSVI
A 40-ton lift, a 28-foot catamaran rail, and 8 feet of water at Green Cay
TortolaBVI
Two travelifts, and the wide-body one takes catamarans to 32 ft of beam
Virgin GordaBVI
A 350-tonne hoist, a 240-foot dock, and a 90-minute mooring
The Leewards
6 markets
Sint MaartenThe Leewards
The superyacht capital with a beam limit — and a bridge that opens on a clock
AnguillaThe Leewards
Nine miles from St Martin — day moorings, one port of entry, permits by the ton
St BarthélemyThe Leewards
The most famous small harbour in the Caribbean — and it takes no bookings
St Kitts & NevisThe Leewards
377 feet on one island, 90 feet on the other, and a strait between them
Antigua & BarbudaThe Leewards
535 ft over 20 ft of draft, a 200-ton railway, and a national park that runs the dockage
GuadeloupeThe Leewards
1,260 berths, a 35-tonne lift, and a customs regime written in Paris
The Windwards
6 markets
DominicaThe Windwards
35–49 ft alongside the wharf, a 1.6 ft tide, and an island that works on moorings
MartiniqueThe Windwards
830 berths, a 440-tonne travelift, and a haul-out pit 45 feet wide
St LuciaThe Windwards
285 feet at one end of the island, and no anchoring at all at the other
St Vincent & the GrenadinesThe Windwards
The park prices anchoring the same as a mooring — and one marina takes 328 feet
BarbadosThe Windwards
13.5 ft at low tide, two ports of entry, and a passage you choose
GrenadaThe Windwards
The Caribbean's summer yard — four travelifts, up to 242 tonnes
The Mediterranean
12 markets
BarcelonaSpain
Spain's urban superyacht base — refit muscle with the city at the passerelle
Ibiza & FormenteraSpain
Two islands, one day run — berths in town, buoys over the meadows
Palma de MallorcaSpain
The western Med's refit capital — and the Balearics' home bay
Saint-TropezFrance
The Golfe that invented the scene — quay berths, eco-buoys off Pampelonne
CannesFrance
Two harbors on the festival bay — the Lérins on the doorstep
AntibesFrance
Port Vauban and the superyacht quay — the Riviera's working heart
MonacoMonaco
The tightest berths in yachting — Port Hercule, Fontvieille and the coast beside them
CorsicaFrance
The wild island between two rivieras — Bonifacio's fjord to boat-only Girolata
Sardinia & Costa SmeraldaItaly
Granite coves and regatta season — Porto Cervo to the Maddalena park
Amalfi Coast & CapriItaly
The boat-to-lunch coast — buoys, tenders and the Faraglioni
Bay of Kotor & TivatMontenegro
The bay that sails like a fjord — Porto Montenegro to Kotor's walls
Mykonos & the CycladesGreece
Harbor-hopping the meltemi islands — Mykonos to the caldera
USA Northeast
7 markets
AnnapolisMD
A 60–135 ft cruising harbour that cannot haul what it berths
New York HarborNY
One marina left in Manhattan — and a harbour that berths you everywhere else
Sag Harbor & Shelter IslandNY
The money end of the East End, on a fourteen-week clock
MontaukNY
A sportfishing harbour whose selling point is diesel at every slip
NewportRI
A summer superyacht harbour built on a year-round refit yard
Martha's VineyardMA
Three harbours, three regimes — and the season is decided in February
NantucketMA
One marina, one lottery, and moorings to 85 ft
USA Southeast
6 markets
SavannahGA
Two rivers, two ceilings — a refit-and-transit stop, not a home port
Hilton HeadSC
The Lowcountry market that starts at 50 feet
CharlestonSC
The deepwater stop between Florida and the Chesapeake
Wrightsville BeachNC
A 65 ft sportfish home port with a no-bridge door to downtown Wilmington
Beaufort & Morehead CityNC
The Gulf Stream launch pad and the East Coast's big-boat service stop
Norfolk & Hampton RoadsVA
ICW Mile Zero — where the East Coast fleet turns south
Alaska
5 markets
SewardAK
A 5,000-ton lift at the end of a road from Anchorage
Homer & Kachemak BayAK
Eighteen feet of tide, and the best deep anchorage on the Kenai
JuneauAK
Where the Glacier Bay permit is won, and the boat plugs back in
SitkaAK
The outside-coast yard — where the boat gets hauled, not berthed
KetchikanAK
Clear customs, take on fuel, and get on with the Inside Passage
British Columbia
5 markets
Desolation SoundBritish Columbia
Timing Desolation Sound — the rapids decide, not the boat
NanaimoBritish Columbia
Stage for Dodd Narrows — a 40 to 70 foot port built around slack water
VancouverBritish Columbia
Berth downtown, bunker to 155 feet — the last full-service stop before the rapids
Sidney & the Gulf IslandsBritish Columbia
Sidney is the berth. The Gulf Islands are the itinerary.
VictoriaBritish Columbia
Clear inbound, berth downtown — the port of entry with a 375-foot dock
USA Pacific Northwest
4 markets
BellinghamWA
Where the boat gets ready for the run north — 165 tons, and no customs dock
Anacortes & the San Juan IslandsWA
The islands take 200 feet. Anacortes takes 130. That is backwards, and it matters.
SeattleWA
1,900 tons of drydock, and a lock that never was the limit
Tacoma & Gig HarborWA
The Narrows-gated South Sound base — time the tide, then it is yours
USA Northern California
5 markets
The California DeltaCA
The bridges, not the boat, decide where you cruise
SausalitoCA
220 feet of side-tie, 3.3 miles inside the Gate, and two anchoring clocks
San FranciscoCA
Forty to seventy feet works beautifully. Above eighty, the boat lives across the Bay.
Santa CruzCA
Sixteen feet six inches — the number that decides which boats live here
MontereyCA
The one refuge on this coast — and you cannot book it
USA Southern California
9 markets
Santa BarbaraCA
The slip conveys with the boat, and the waiting list is closed
Ventura & the Channel IslandsCA
Windy Lane — the crossing that gets worse as you approach the islands
Marina del ReyCA
Thirteen vacancies above 51 feet, harbour-wide
Long BeachCA
Thirty days after you sell, the slip goes too
Catalina IslandCA
Seventeen miles across, and the island runs on moorings rather than berths
Newport BeachCA
806 mooring transfers, $16.3 million, all logged publicly — and 23 transient slips in the whole harbour
Dana PointCA
The person at the top of the 65-foot list signed up in April 2001
OceansideCA
Slips at 26, 34, 43 and 51 feet, side ties to 85, and a 42-foot lift
San DiegoCA
The last full-service port before Mexico — berth, refit, clear and provision in one harbour
The Bahamas are charting now, and the rest of the Caribbean follows — Turks & Caicos, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Leewards. Working waters we haven't written up yet? Reach out — the local knowledge is the same either way.