Yacht Delivery | Move Boats | Hands-On-Training

Captain James Lowe's Yacht Delivery Service operates year-round and specializes in relocating all types of boats. We provide convenient yacht relocation delivery services to ports, marinas, or private docks of your choice, catering to sailboats, sailing yachts, motor yachts, powerboats, cruisers, trawlers, sportfishermen, and commercial vessels.

Navigating boats across the water, harnessing the yacht's own propulsion, under the direction of a seasoned captain and delivery crew.

Our sea captain service encompasses both local and long-distance routes along the United States' Atlantic East and Gulf Coasts, U.S. rivers, Florida, the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), the Bahamas, Caribbean, and Canada.

With experience as a captain and a history of successful boat delivery — which you can review in the summary of deliveries — each yacht's delivery logistics are handled with thorough attention, and every aspect is managed with care and accuracy.

Captain James Lowe Services Include

Yacht Delivery: Repositioning sailing or power yachts between destinations, moving boats over water using the vessel's own hull and propulsion, by captain, with or without owners onboard.

Boat Handling: Hands-on instruction on your own vessel — training in safety, navigation, anchoring, and more.

Boat handling is the set of techniques and skills needed to move a boat effectively and safely. It includes controlling direction, managing speed, navigating waves and currents, docking and mooring, executing turns, adjusting trim, and being prepared for emergencies. Proficiency lets operators maneuver in varied conditions so movement on the water stays smooth and secure. Sometimes the job is as simple as moving from a slip to a fuel dock.

In some situations boat handling means holding still — waiting for traffic to clear, a busy fuel dock, or a bridge or lock schedule — while the vessel stays stationary. Proper technique for holding position matters, with wind, current, and other vessels taken into account.

Yacht delivery offers dedicated service for many types of yachts, including sailing vessels and motor vessels. With extensive experience, Captain James Lowe and experienced crew members are capable of moving boats with or without owners on board. Deliveries often mean multiple days away from home base, living aboard for the duration of the voyage, with the distinct challenges of each passage in mind.

Your satisfaction and a successful delivery are the primary concerns. Years on the water build the habit of anticipating and working through challenges that arise on a delivery. Each obstacle is met with tenacity and resourcefulness. Completing the job with dedication means going the extra step so the outcome is successful. Your vessel and your needs stay the top priority.

Service area

• US Inland Rivers
• Great Lakes
• Atlantic Coast
• Gulf Coast
• The Great Loop
• Florida
• Bahamas
• The Caribbean

A significant portion of clientele consists of new boat buyers who need to relocate recently purchased vessels to their home ports.

Captain for hire

Deliveries, relocations, sea trials, and training. If you are a dealer or broker and need a professional captain for a sea trial with a potential buyer, or someone to show a new owner the vessel's capabilities, Captain James Lowe offers vessel orientation and hands-on training and instruction — including navigation, chart work, and general boat handling skills.

Relief Captain

Relief captain service is for owners who want an experienced professional onboard during owner-assisted passages. Expectations are heard carefully, limitations are made clear, and planning is worked through in detail at every phase.

Florida's Okeechobee Waterway (OWW)

Navigating Florida's coastline has its own challenges. As a Florida resident, Captain James Lowe knows the full stretch of coastline — about 1,300 miles — including the Florida Keys, navigable inlets, and the intracoastal network. Specialized experience on the Okeechobee Waterway (Stuart on the Atlantic to Fort Myers on the Gulf) supports vessels on that cross-Florida route, including moves between Cape Coral on the Gulf of Mexico and Stuart on the Atlantic coast.

The Great Loop

The Great Loop is a roughly 6,000-mile continuous waterway in the eastern United States and parts of Canada, made up of natural and man-made waterways. If you are anywhere along the Great Loop, Captain James Lowe and crew can help move your boat toward home.

Yacht delivery vs. transport and shipping

Yacht delivery is what we do. Boats are moved over the water by captain, using the vessel's own power.

Yacht delivery moves a yacht under its own power with a delivery crew — typically along coastlines and inland rivers, from port to port or across a coastal region.

Yacht transportation by truck hauls the yacht over the road on a trailer. Yacht shipping places the boat on a larger ship; a captain may still be needed to pilot the vessel to the loading area when called.

Captain James Lowe specializes in over-water yacht delivery — dependable relocation for many vessel types along coastlines, rivers, waterways, and canals. Services also cover sea trials, training, and owner-involved passages. If you need a boat delivered near you, help is available.

Support is also available for boaters crossing Florida's Big Bend in the Gulf of Mexico — the demanding run between Florida's northwest and west coasts.