Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Fort Lauderdale – Bahia Mar YC, FL

Bahia Mar Yachting Center is in central Fort Lauderdale, FL. The area has numerous resorts and offers a large amount of dockage and marine related maintenance in addition to its beaches, restaurants, shops, and various sporting activities. Bahia Mar is also home to the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

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The office of the yacht basin’s dockmaster is in the administration building on the outer wharf. The dockmaster makes all berthing arrangements. Gasoline, diesel fuel, water, electricity, showers, ice, restaurant, motel, shopping center, and marine supplies are available. All kinds of supplies are available in the city.
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Fort Lauderdale, Mile 1065.0, a large and colorful city known as the Venice of America is served by the Florida East Coast Railway and the Seaboard System Railroad. Navigable waters include the myriad of manmade canals in addition to the natural waterways. The canals between the manmade islands are used by the riparian owners and their guests.
At Mile 1064.0, Las Olas Boulevard highway bridge has a bascule span with a reported clearance of 24 feet at the center. The bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 13 (156.65 MHz).
The large Bahia Mar yacht basin, consisting of two divided basins and an outer wharf, is on the east side of the Intracoastal Waterway about 0.4 mile southward of Las Olas Boulevard Bridge. Depths of 7 to 14 feet are alongside the face of the wharf, and decreasing depths from 11 to 5½ feet at the finger piers in the basins.

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