699 boats and yachts for sale by owner in California, priced $5,000 to $2,300,000 for 11 to 195 ft lengths, with the most listings in San Diego (62), Los Angeles (30), SF Bay Area (20), Orange County (18), Long Beach (18). Popular makes: Sea Ray, Bayliner, Catalina, Boston Whaler. Newest added 2026-09-05. No commission — every listing badged FSBO, Broker or Dealer.
Of the roughly 390 boats and yachts for sale by owner in California on YachtBazar today, the median asking price is $42,000. Sailboats are the second-largest type behind general powerboats by title keyword — roughly 55 of the live listings, ahead of cruisers/motor yachts and fishing boats. That's a different mix than Florida's fishing-boat-heavy inventory, and it tracks the water: California's boating is split between two very different coasts and one inland delta, and the wind-driven sailing culture around San Francisco Bay is part of why sailboats rank where they do statewide.
Southern California (San Diego, Los Angeles/Long Beach, Orange County, Marina del Rey) is where most of the state's boating population sits — big harbors, sportfishing fleets running out of San Diego, and offshore racing traditions like the Newport-to-Ensenada race. Northern California's boating centers on San Francisco Bay (Sausalito, Alameda, Berkeley), where consistent afternoon wind built a serious sailing and racing scene — the Bay hosted the America's Cup match in 2013. Inland, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a different kind of boating entirely: a maze of sloughs and channels behind the coast, more houseboats, ski boats and bass fishing than saltwater cruisers. The Channel Islands off Ventura and Santa Barbara are the state's other distinct boating ground, a crossing rather than a coastal run.
San Diego, Marina del Rey, Los Angeles, the SF Bay Area and Stockton carry the most listings statewide. See the by-owner sailboats for sale in California, boats priced $25,000 to $50,000 in California — the band the state's median asking price falls into — or California boat slips & docks if you need somewhere to keep what you buy.