Boating in Maryland: the Chesapeake, Its Rivers, and the Ocean City Inlet
Of the roughly 200 boats and yachts for sale by owner in Maryland on YachtBazar today, the
median asking price is $28,000. Sailboats are the second-largest type behind
general powerboats — ahead of
fishing boats and cruisers/motor yachts by title keyword — and two of the four most-listed makes in
the state, Hunter and Beneteau, are sailboat builders. That skew is exactly what the geography
predicts: Maryland boating centers on the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United
States — protected water, tidal rivers and steady summer breeze — and Annapolis, which has
styled itself "America's Sailing Capital" for decades, carries more listings than any other
city in the state.
The Bay reads differently by stretch. The upper Bay around Baltimore and Middle River is
river-mouth water — the Patapsco, Back and Middle rivers — with city marinas a short run from
open water. Between Baltimore and Annapolis, river towns like Pasadena and Severna Park line
the necks of the Magothy and Severn; all five of Maryland's top listing cities sit on this
western shore. Across the Bay Bridge, the Eastern Shore — Kent Island, Kent Narrows, the
Choptank — is shallower, quieter cruising and crabbing water. And Maryland has an ocean side
too: the Atlantic inlet at Ocean City is the state's offshore-fishing port, running a
different fleet — center consoles and sportfish — than the sloops and cruisers of the Bay.
Annapolis, Pasadena, Middle River, Baltimore and Severna Park carry the most listings
statewide, with asking prices from $5,000 to $798,000 across 12 to 70 ft of boat. See the
by-owner sailboats for sale in Maryland,
boats priced $25,000 to $50,000 in
Maryland — the band the state's median asking price falls into — or
Maryland boat slips & docks if you need somewhere on
the Bay to keep what you buy.
$12,0001966 Pearson Wanderer📍 Baltimore, MD
$21,5002008 Yamaha ar210📍 Severna Park, MD
$5,0001987 Cabin motorboat Sea Ray Boats Inc📍 Essex, MD
$5,0002004 Regal 1800 lsr Fastrac📍 Frederick, MD
$420,0002020 Beneteau Power Boats Swift Trawler 35📍 Annapolis, MD
$18,5001998 Grady White Tournament (22') with Karavan trailer (lift kept)📍 Severn, MD
$24,0001984 Gibson 44📍 Fort Washington, MD
$43,0002007 Bayliner 305 Ciera - Twin MerCruisers - Clean & Ready Ready for Summer Fun📍 Middle River, MD
$52,500Hatteras convertible📍 Earleville, MD
$15,0001993 C-Hawk 26 ft c-hawk📍 Glen Burnie, MD
$28,00035' Ericson MK-3, 1985📍 Huntingtown, MD
$14,5002005 Key West 1900 Sportsman📍 Annapolis, MD
$34,0001997 Grady-White Tigercat F26 catamaran📍 West River, MD
$25,0001990 Hunter Legend 35.5📍 La Plata, MD
$15,0001982 Aquasport 22.2 FT | 2020 Yamaha Engine📍 Severna Park, MD
$10,0002005 May craft 1800📍 Edgewater, MD
$24,5002006 Chaparral Sunesta Deck Boat📍 Pasadena, MD
$8,0001995 Stingray📍 Glen Burnie, MD
$12,0001989 scarab panther📍 Pasadena, MD
$45,0002021 Scout Boats 195 Sport Dorado📍 Rock Hall, MD
$162,5002021 Cobia 280 cc📍 Chester, MD
$13,5002013 Sun Catcher G3 fishing sport 20’ pontoon boat📍 Glen Burnie, MD
$65,0002018 Roballo 246 cayman📍 Dundalk, MD
$89,9991984 Post 43 Sportfish📍 Middle River, MD