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Take our motor launch from Cap's dock located next to Lighthouse Point Yacht Basin & Marina (8 miles north of Fort Lauderdale). To reach Cap's dock turn east 2 blocks north of Copan's Rd & US-1 (N. Federal Hwy) at U.S.-1 & NE 24th St. Follow the double lines and signs on the curvy road as you go toward the Yacht Basin. more
Get a taste of local history along with outstanding fresh seafood.
Public parking for 150 cars is available adjacent to our dock. here
Cap's location halfway between Miami and West Palm Beach on the intracoastal waterway makes a trip to the secluded coastal pine and pecky cypress landmark a must for anyone visiting South Florida and the Gold Coast.
High-quality seafood at affordable prices makes 15th one of the best settings for boat dockers in South Florida.The fish tacos are to die for, as are the fresh oysters. Not many places let you enjoy some grilled Ahi Tuna with Sweet Potato Mash, Sautéed Broccolini, Sweet Soy and Citrus Beurre Blanc, yet still keep it classy-casual. 15th does it right. [links]
15th St. Fisheries
1900 SE 15th St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-763-2777 [links]
Few places in Fort Lauderdale offer everything that Pirate Republic does: a great docking area, a Disney World look, and amazing eats and drinks. The fresh seafood is a staple of Republic, including oysters and crab that will have you wondering why you wasted your time fishing all day.
Located at the Doubletree, Bahia Mar Beach Resort is the perfect place to park yourself for good until the sun comes back in the morning. Palm trees and the open water, mixed with good access to Las Olas, make Bahia Mar a great place to dock your boat at and spend a night — or seven. here
Bahia Mar Beach Resort
801 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954-764-2233 here
Here are a few of the best restaurants in Fort Lauderdale that allow you to bring your boat:
Nicknamed the Venice of America, Ft. Lauderdale boasts one of the best boating communities in the world! As the premier take-off location to the Bahamas, Ft. Lauderdale has a large supply of private boat docks available to rent. Checkout our available Dock Skipper listings and book your stay in Ft. Lauderdale today! [links]
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Now, I don’t believe Fort Lauderdale cops are going to check and keep tabs on who is living aboard or staying on a boat docked behind a house… Most of these rules are there to prevent houseboats and semi derelicts. That is until a neighbor complaints because your aft deck is within 25′ of their swimming pool and they feel their privacy is invaded after all, when the developers cut the canals they didn’t do it just look pretty, it was for boats. As the world moves forward, bylaws can get left behind. [links]
Some area’s you can live-aboard in Broward County. There are plenty of places on the Las Olas isles that have pumpout systems installed and it’s legal to live-aboard. There are other places it’s legal as well, however, most places you cannot in Broward County. There are very few area’s designated as an anchorage or mooring field in Broward County, the only ones I know of are Lake Sylvia, Lake Santa Barbara, the area with mooring balls next to the Las Olas bridge, inside of Hillsboro Inlet, etc… [links]
Back in the 80’s you could liveaboard behind a house anywhere in Broward County. Then the canals all became cesspools of sewage (remember most boats didn’t even have a holding tank back then, or if they did, didn’t use it) and area’s such as the Las Olas Isles had e-coli levels so high they weren’t safe to swim in. After many complaints from neighbors and home owners, most if not all cities enacted ordinances saying that you could not liveaboard behind a private home. Then with the advent of pumpouts, some area’s such as the Las Olas Isles, people installed pumpout stations behind their house or multi-family property and cities like Fort Lauderdale allow it in some area’s such as there… Or the docks were grandfathered in as long as they installed a pumpout station. I know that it is against city ordanance or code in many cities in Broward County.
Now, the definition of a live-aboard vessel does NOT include a vessel in navigation, should these vessels be allowed to tie up behind residences on the canals and stay aboard on a temporary basis?? Currently Broward County does not allow “liveaboards” but lots of them are actually qualify as vessels in navigation. here
Docks in Fort Lauderdale are not allowed to project more the 5 feet into any waterway beyond the property line along the waterway or the established bulkhead line. Mooring pilings are permitted, provided they do not project more that 33% of the width of the waterway, or 25 feet, which ever is less, as measured from the recorded property line. Also vessels docked at or moored to private docks or by mooring pilings shall not extent into a waterway more than 33% of the width of the waterway measured from the recorded property line. here
Renting out docks in residential neighborhoods has long been illegal in Fort Lauderdale, but the city often looks the other way. Under the laws of the Venice of America city, private rentals and other commercial ventures at residential docks continue to be illegal. The city’s primary concern is increasing evidence of commercial intrusion into residential neighborhoods, with people running mini-marinas in their back yards and boat repair facilities. Make sure you are following the rules on the boat dock that you plan to rent.