Yachts For Sale In Louisiana

Lake Pontchartain is a 640-square mile estuary located directly north of New Orleans that is perfect for watersports, motorboating, sailing and fishing. This lake, the largest inland body of water in the state, is conveniently home to the Southern Yacht Club, the second oldest such institution in America and home to four Olympic sailing medallists. Located nearby are also Orleans Marina, New Orleans Yacht Club and Bucktown Marina, your best options for mooring within reach of the city’s Downtown, Garden District or the French Quarter. Louisiana’s largest marina, the Marina Del Ray in Madisonville, is also close to the lake on its north shore, and features over 500 slips up to 55-feet in length.

If you wish to sample the fresh maritime breeze offshore then follow the wide and navigable Mississippi all the way from the Big Easy down into the Gulf for bluewater yachting or saltwater sportfishing. Alternatively, leisurely glide upstream all the way to the Mississippi state border, passing vibrant cities like Baton Rouge and Natchez on your way. One unmissable boating adventure in Louisiana is a boating trip through the Bayou. Enjoy hunting on an airboat, or glide through thickets of mangrove and alluring swamplands on your pirogue to get the best out of this strange and otherworldly ecosystem. Keep your eyes peeled for copperhead snakes, submerged alligators, snapping turtles and even the odd Louisiana black bear that can all be found stalking the backwaters. Boating in Louisiana isn’t just confined to the southern part of the state. Head to Red River South Marina just outside of Shreveport for sailing down the colorful Red River, so-named for the Vermillion tint of its iron-rich waters.

The maritime industry as a whole is worth around $11 billion dollars to Louisiana, with a significant share of around $4 billion related to recreational boating and yachting. Some popular boat-building brands in this part of the world include Gator-Tail, who manufacture outboard-powered mud boats; Pro Gator Boats, who have been building high-speed, dual-hulled bay boats since the 70s; as well as Hanko’s Metal Works, specialists in aluminium-framed speed boats.