Southwest Florida Yachts has offered sail and power yacht chartering, cruising school instruction, and yacht brokerage services from Cape Coral, Florida since 1984 — celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024. Based at the Westin Resort and Tarpon Point Marina, the business is located at the gateway to some of the finest and most varied cruising anywhere, with Southwest Florida widely called the #1 year-round cruising ground in the U.S.

Heading north up Pine Island Sound, cruisers can visit Sanibel, Captiva, Cayo Costa, and Gasparilla Islands, with SWFL Yachts membership in the Useppa Island Club offering clients access to that exclusive private island resort. Heading south leads to top-notch marina resorts in Naples and Marco Island, or the peaceful wilderness of the Ten Thousand Islands. Cruising east up the Caloosahatchee River and across the famous Okeechobee Waterway offers a genuinely unique journey through Florida’s agricultural heartland, passing cattle, orange groves, and sunning alligators along the way to Florida’s East Coast.

Beyond chartering, the business offers a Florida Sailing & Cruising School with both sail and power courses (including instruction aboard a guest’s own yacht), full yacht brokerage services (buyer and seller representation), and a distinctive Charter Ownership program letting boat owners place their vessel in the SWFL Yachts fleet to earn charter revenue offsetting ownership costs.

For sailors and boaters near Cape Coral/Fort Myers, Florida looking for a genuinely established, 40-year yacht charter, sailing school, or brokerage operation, Southwest Florida Yachts offers an exceptional gateway to some of the country’s best cruising grounds.