Shallow-draft Keys runs from a Fort Lauderdale base

A Keys winter from a Fort Lauderdale base is a draft conversation first. Coral Ridge and the Victoria Park laterals can hold a shallow motoryacht that will also sit in Islamorada; Harbor Beach will hold a vessel that will never see the inside of a Keys canal. Owners who want both a deep-water FTL address and a skinny-water second home are usually buying two boats, not one clever hull. We overlay the Keys route against the same controlling depths we use for the Isles, because the embarrassing grounding is the one that happens on the way to dinner.