Boat Removal in Chokoloskee, FL — Vessels 28ft and Over

Chokoloskee removal facts

Barrier-island access.

Every vehicle we bring here crosses a bridge or a causeway, and that is the governing constraint on the whole job. Bridge weight postings, lane widths and turn radii determine what size crane can physically reach the vessel, and over-dimensional movements off the island are daylight-restricted. On island jobs we frequently find that taking the boat out by water to a mainland yard is both faster and cheaper than trying to bring heavy equipment across.

Removing a large vessel in Collier County

Chokoloskee sits within the Collier County removal area, working Naples Bay, Gordon Pass, Marco Island's canal network, and the Ten Thousand Islands. Collier splits between the high-value Naples and Marco Island waterfront - large, well-maintained vessels, high replacement costs, meticulous HOAs - and the working backcountry at Goodland, Everglades City and Chokoloskee where commercial and semi-commercial hulls end their lives. It is a small county by vessel count but the average size at the Naples end is high.

The local constraint. Lift capacity within Collier is limited relative to the size of vessel that lives there. Larger removals commonly move north to a Lee County yard, either by water through Gordon Pass and up the coast, or by road on a permit.

Getting a boat out of Chokoloskee by water

The closest navigable Gulf access to Chokoloskee is Indian Key Pass, approximately 4.6 miles away. On any in-water job that distance is the first thing we calculate, because it determines whether the vessel can be towed to a yard with adequate lift capacity on a single tide, whether a pump crew has to ride the tow, and whether fixed bridge clearance rules out a tall rig entirely.

At roughly 4.6 miles from Indian Key Pass, an in-water tow is practical but not trivial. On a vessel that does not hold water reliably we plan for a pump crew aboard for the transit, and we check the tide window before committing to it. At 81 miles from Fort Lauderdale this is a longer mobilisation, so we prefer to batch it with other work in the area where the timeline allows — ask about that when you call, it can move the number.

Boat removal rates in Chokoloskee

Indicative rates. Every removal is quoted individually after an on-site assessment - the figures below are a guide, not a fixed price.

What moves your number in Chokoloskee specifically is whether the vessel floats, what she displaces rather than what she measures, whether equipment can physically reach her given the barrier-island access conditions described above, and the 4.6-mile run to Indian Key Pass if she moves by water — towing is billed hourly, so that distance goes straight onto the estimate. See the full rate card for worked examples, what the per-foot rate covers, and what is billed separately.

Complex situations in Chokoloskee: for a sunken, grounded or storm-damaged vessel we can have a crew on site to assess the same day you ask for a price. There is no charge for the visit, and on jobs like these a photograph is not enough to quote from honestly.

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