Yacht escrow and closing in Fort Lauderdale

A Fort Lauderdale escrow should feel boring. Funds sit, the surveyor writes, the yard quotes the punch list, and only then does anyone discuss a final price. What goes wrong is enthusiasm: a buyer who waives sea trial because the engines “just came out of the shop,” or a seller who wants to close around a boat-show slot. We use escrow agents who have closed six- and seven-figure yachts on this river, with a holdback that matches real yard time, not a round number. The closing table is not where you discover the stabilizer has a story.