Hire one company for the whole boat.
Yacht management. Fort Lauderdale and Miami.
One point of contact for the whole boat. Most of the work happens in the weeks you are not on board.
One coordinator. One schedule. One invoice.
Owning a boat without a program means holding the whole thing yourself: the detailer, the mechanic, the yard, the captain, the insurer, and the calendar that is supposed to tie them together. A management program moves that work to one company and gives you one person to call about any of it.
Your coordinator knows the vessel, holds the schedule, books the vendors we do not cover in house, stands on the dock while the work happens, and inspects it before anyone signs off. You get one invoice for all of it and a written record of every visit.
Programs are built around the vessel and how you actually use it, so the mix of the seven is set when we survey the boat.
The company behind the schedule.
What happens on a scheduled visit.
Everything else on this page is scheduling, records and people. All of it exists so that this hour happens on the boat whether or not anyone is watching.
- The crew arrives on a written schedule Weekly or every other week for most boats kept in the water down here. The interval is set in advance, when we survey the vessel.
- Engines and generators are run Fluid inspections, startup procedures and a main panel systems evaluation, on every single visit.
- Seacocks are exercised, strainers are pulled Both jobs get done whether or not anything looked wrong. Neither one announces itself before it fails.
- Tank levels are read and written down Diesel, water, waste and gas, read and entered by the person who was standing on the boat.
- The photo checklist is shot Exterior, interior, systems and hours, uploaded the same week and kept. That record matters twice: while you own the boat, and again when you sell it.
- Anything found goes to your coordinator With a photograph, in the app, before it becomes a call from the marina.
Bottom cleaning, corrosion prevention, A/C and acid flushing and engine and generator service run on their own seasonal cycle alongside it.
Every service, one program.
Every item below is one our crews actually work to, and every service also has its own page.
Yacht Maintenance
Scheduled mechanical and systems work, so the boat is ready the moment you are.
On every scheduled visit
- Engine and generator fluid inspections
- Engine and generator startup procedures
- Main panel systems evaluation
- Weekly vessel inspections
- Tank level monitoring
- Seacock exercising
- Sea strainer cleaning
Scheduled and seasonal
- Engine and generator service scheduling
- A/C and acid flushing
- Bottom cleaning
- Corrosion prevention
- Basic mechanical repairs
- Warranty work coordination
Exterior Detailing
Wash, polish, and ceramic coating on a schedule built around how you use the boat.
Show-ready comes from a maintenance schedule, kept up year round.
Most owners pair a weekly wash with a longer polish or coating cycle two to four times a year. We build that calendar around the vessel and the dockage, then hold to it.
Interior Detailing
Laundry, deep clean, and turnover so the boat is ready before you arrive.
Come back from a trip without a single thought about the laundry.
For owners who entertain on short notice, this is the service that makes a same-day departure possible.
Project Management
Yard periods, refits, and vendor work, overseen by someone who answers to you.
What we oversee
- Yard coordination and haul-out management
- Refit and repower oversight
- Vendor sourcing, quoting, and scheduling
- On-site quality inspection before sign-off
- Owner representation and progress reporting
Captain and Crew
Insurance-verified, background-checked captains scheduled for any trip.
Available crew
- Licensed captains for day trips and deliveries
- Deckhands and mates
- Stewards and interior crew
- Trip assistance and guest support
Concierge
Flights, dockage, reservations, and the arrangements that happen off the boat.
What we arrange
- Private jet arrangements
- Commercial flight coordination
- Trip planning and itinerary development
- Dockage arrangements
- Ground transportation
- Hotel booking
- Restaurant reservations
- Nightlife and daytime activity recommendations
- Water toy rental arrangements
Hurricane Planning
Your insurer wants a filed plan. We source it, document it, and execute it.
What we handle
- Hurricane plan sourcing and location securing
- Documentation management for your insurer
- Renewal notifications before the plan lapses
- Hurricane readiness preparation of the vessel
- Delivery to the designated hurricane location
The record lives in Mariner Pro.
A program you cannot see is just an invoice. Every visit lands in the app the same week it happens, entered by the crew who were on the deck, so the state of your boat is something you read rather than something you have to ask for.
- Tank levels Diesel, water, waste and gas, read and entered by the crew who were just on the boat. Updated after every visit.
- A weekly photo checklist A custom checklist covering exterior, interior, systems and hours, with photographs uploaded every week and archived.
- Service due notifications Color coded against the date and raised two months ahead of it, with plenty of lead time to book the slot you want.
- Crew requests Ask for a captain, a steward or a deckhand from the same screen, and it lands with the coordinator who owns your boat.
- Document storage with expiry alerts Insurance certificates, registrations, hurricane plans, system specs and USCG safety items, each held with its expiry date and an alert before it lapses.
Included with every management program.
The named storm plan is part of the program.
Hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, and most carriers will not let you change a named storm plan once a storm has a name. We source the plan and the location, keep the documentation your insurer asks for, send the renewal notice before it lapses, prepare the vessel, and run the delivery ourselves when a storm is coming.
“My experience with YMS has been nothing but great. YMS has managed my 2019 50 foot Vanquish Yacht since the day it was delivered from Holland. YMS makes yachting with my family and friends easy. Every time I come to the boat it looks and runs like the day I took delivery.”
One More Toy50ʹ Vanquish
“I find myself enjoying the pleasures of the boat. YMS provides a personal touch to the sometimes business only approach to yacht management. They have been able to understand my schedule and needs and keep me happy. They are making me a better captain.”
Tekeze · 47ʹ Intrepid
“They have met and exceeded my expectations. The Intrepid always looks perfect and they handle everything. I have got another business in development so time is precious. Their service level means every minute I am on board is fun time not work time.”
Renegade · 47ʹ Intrepid
Questions owners ask before they hire anyone.
What does a yacht management program include?
A program means one coordinator who knows your vessel and one invoice, with the schedule and every service running underneath it: yacht maintenance, exterior detailing, interior detailing, project management, captain and crew, concierge and hurricane planning. The mix is set when we survey the boat, because a vessel used most weekends needs a different program from one that mostly sits.
How much does yacht management cost?
The management fee and the cost of the work are two separate things. That is why nobody in this category can quote you a figure from a web page. The fee follows the size of the vessel, its systems and how often we are aboard. The rest, meaning crew, fuel, dockage, parts and yard work, is the boat’s own cost and is passed through to you. We put a number to both after we have walked the vessel.
How often will someone be on my boat?
Most vessels in South Florida need attention weekly or every other week. Salt water, sun and humidity work on a boat continuously, so the interval is driven by the environment rather than by engine hours. We set it with you when we survey the vessel, and then we hold to it.
Do I still need my own captain?
No. We schedule a qualified captain for any trip, from an afternoon on the water to a delivery up the coast, and every captain we place is insurance verified and background checked before stepping aboard. Because the same group of about two hundred captains and crew works across the boats in our care, the person running your vessel is usually someone who already knows it.
Does a management program cover my hurricane plan?
Yes. We source the plan and the location, hold the documentation your insurer requires, send the renewal notice before it lapses, prepare the vessel and run the delivery to the designated location ourselves. Most carriers will not permit changes once a storm has been named, so the work is done and filed in February.
How do I know the work was actually done?
Every visit is entered in Mariner Pro by the crew who were aboard: tank levels, a weekly photo checklist covering exterior, interior, systems and hours, and the service dates that are coming due. Insurance certificates, registrations and the hurricane plan sit in the same place, each with its expiry date and an alert before it lapses.
Where do you manage boats?
Fort Lauderdale and Miami are the home water and the largest share of the fleet, and the office, the coordinators and the technicians are here. We also cover the tri-state area and the Great Lakes for owners whose boats run north and back.
Call and we will walk the boat with you.
754-260-7773A consultation is a walk through the vessel with the coordinator who would run it. We write down what the boat needs now and what it will need this year. You'll know what a program would cover before you sign anything.