Free AI Valuation
We pull live comparable sales and run an AI analysis to give you a defensible market estimate in under 20 seconds.
How it works
By Charles Garland, Licensed Yacht Broker
This is a comp-based valuation, the same method a broker uses to price a listing — not a book-value formula. The tool searches 3,864 active Florida listings (data as of July 18, 2026) plus recent sales data to find vessels genuinely comparable to yours, then adjusts for the factors below.
1. Live comparables
Your builder, model, length and year are matched against the active IYBA MLS pool to pull the closest comparable listings on the market right now.
2. Sales cross-reference
Asking prices only tell half the story. The analysis cross-references recent sold data so the estimate reflects what buyers actually pay, not just what sellers hope for.
3. Defensible range
You get an estimated value, a realistic range, the comparables used, and a pricing strategy — in under 20 seconds, before any phone call.
Value drivers
Length is the single biggest driver of both price and price per foot. Value does not scale linearly — each additional 10 feet typically adds more than the last, because interior volume, crew requirements and builder tier all step up with length.
Blue-chip builders hold value dramatically better than volume brands. Two yachts of identical length and year can differ in value by multiples based on the name on the hull and how sought-after the specific model is on the brokerage market.
Depreciation is steepest in the first five years, then flattens. Past year ten, presented condition starts to matter more than the year itself — a meticulously kept 2012 can out-price a tired 2016.
Hours are read against age. Buyers discount for hours approaching a major service interval and pay up for low-hour vessels with complete maintenance logs from a known yard.
Recent paint, interiors, electronics and AV rarely return their full cost, but they compress time-to-sale and protect the asking price, because they remove the biggest line items from a buyer’s mental repair estimate.
South Florida is the deepest brokerage market in the country — vessels lying in Fort Lauderdale, Miami or Palm Beach show to more qualified buyers, and sell into a year-round season rather than a northern summer window.
Questions
A yacht is worth what comparable vessels — same builder, model class, length and year — are actually listing and selling for right now, adjusted for engine hours, condition, refit history and location. As of July 18, 2026 we track 3,864 active listings in Florida alone, and our valuation tool pulls the closest comparables from that live pool to produce an estimated value and range in under 20 seconds.
Price per foot rises sharply with length — bigger yachts cost more per foot, not just more overall — and varies widely by builder and age. Across active Florida listings as of July 18, 2026, median asking prices are roughly $11,200 per foot for 40–60 ft yachts, $24,200 per foot for 60–80 ft yachts, $37,300 per foot for 80–100 ft yachts, $61,800 per foot for 100+ ft yachts. Per-foot figures are a useful sanity check, but a real valuation always starts from comparable vessels, not a per-foot multiple.
Time to sell depends most on pricing accuracy: vessels priced against current comparables attract offers far faster than those priced against last year’s market. Presentation, recent service records and broker reach are the next biggest factors.
Yes. Buyers read engine hours relative to the yacht’s age: low hours for the year supports a premium, while high hours — or hours approaching a major scheduled service — get priced in as an upcoming cost. Documented maintenance history offsets much of the discount that higher hours would otherwise cause.
A refit rarely returns 100% of its cost, but it materially improves marketability and time to sell, especially for yachts 15 years and older. Recent paint, interior soft goods, electronics and audio-visual upgrades matter most, because they are the first things buyers see and the first quotes they would otherwise request.
A valuation is a market-pricing opinion: what the vessel should list and sell for based on comparable listings and sales. A marine survey is a physical condition inspection performed by an accredited surveyor, typically required by lenders and insurers at purchase. You list with a valuation; you close with a survey.
From the IYBA-member MLS co-brokerage feed — roughly 8,000 active vessels nationwide, 3,864 of them in Florida — refreshed throughout the day. When you request a valuation, comparable listings are pulled live from that pool and cross-referenced with recent sales data before the estimate is produced.
Yes — the AI valuation is free and carries no obligation. You get the estimated value, range, comparable listings and a pricing strategy immediately, and Charles Garland, a licensed yacht broker in South Florida, follows up personally to walk through the numbers and, if you choose, a listing plan.
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