Boats for Sale in New York - By Owner

325 boats and yachts for sale by owner in New York, priced $5,000 to $1,700,000 for 16 to 185 ft lengths, with the most listings in Buffalo (18), New York (11), Amityville (10), Huntington (9), Rochester (8). Popular makes: Sea Ray, Bayliner, Chaparral, Grady-White. Newest added 2026-09-05. No commission — every listing badged FSBO, Broker or Dealer.

Boating in New York: Long Island, the Hudson, and Two Great Lakes

Of the roughly 170 boats and yachts for sale by owner in New York on YachtBazar today, the median asking price is $38,450, with listings running $5,000 to $1,700,000 across 16 to 52 ft. Sailboats are the second-largest type behind general powerboats — ahead of fishing boats and cruisers and motor yachts by title keyword. The listing map helps explain that sailboat share: Seaford and Babylon, two of the five places with the most New York listings, are both Long Island South Shore towns, and between Long Island Sound and the Great South Bay the metro area has protected sailing and cruising water on both sides of the island.

The state's waters split into three distinct regions. Downstate is Long Island: the Sound on the north shore, the Great South Bay behind the barrier beaches on the south, and Atlantic access through the inlets for offshore fishing boats. The Hudson River runs from New York Harbor up to Troy, where the canal system takes over — the Erie Canal heading west toward the Great Lakes and the Champlain Canal north to Lake Champlain — so the coast and the inland lakes are connected by water. Upstate is big-lake country: Rochester, among the top listing towns statewide, sits on Lake Ontario; Buffalo is on Lake Erie; and between them the Finger Lakes and the Thousand Islands stretch of the St. Lawrence keep boats far from salt water. It is a northern season, though — haul-out and winter storage are part of the cost of ownership here.

New York City, Long Island, Rochester, Seaford and Babylon carry the most listings statewide, and Sea Ray, Bayliner, Chaparral and Boston Whaler are the most-listed makes. See the by-owner sailboats for sale in New York, boats priced $25,000 to $50,000 in New York — the band the state's median asking price falls into — or New York boat slips & docks if you need somewhere to keep what you buy.

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Frequently asked questions

Are these New York boats for sale by owner?
Most New York boats here are for sale by owner — free to list, no broker, no commission. Brokers and dealers are welcome too, and every listing is clearly badged FSBO, Broker or Dealer so you always know who you're dealing with.
How many boats are for sale in New York?
There are currently 325 by-owner boats and yachts listed in New York on YachtBazar.