Boats for Sale in Texas - By Owner

728 boats and yachts for sale by owner in Texas, priced $5,000 to $2,120,990 for 12 to 186 ft lengths, with the most listings in Montgomery (53), Kemah (51), Houston (50), Conroe (44), League City (28). Popular makes: Yamaha, Mastercraft, Nautique, Sea Ray. Newest added 2026-09-05. No commission — every listing badged FSBO, Broker or Dealer.

Boating in Texas: Galveston Bay and the Lakes

Of the roughly 300 boats and yachts for sale by owner in Texas on YachtBazar today, the median asking price is $38,999. Unlike Florida or California, Texas by-owner listings are heavily powerboat-dominated by title keyword — sailboats (roughly 20) and fishing boats (around 13, plus a handful of dedicated center consoles) are a distant second and third, well behind general powerboats. That split reflects where Texans actually keep their boats: mostly on inland lakes and reservoirs rather than a long natural coastline, which favors runabouts, ski boats and bass boats over sailboats and dedicated fishing boats.

The top five cities for by-owner listings — Kemah, Houston, Montgomery, Hitchcock and League City — split cleanly into two groups. Kemah, Houston, Hitchcock and League City all sit on or near Galveston Bay, Texas's main saltwater boating hub, home to the Houston Ship Channel and a large recreational and sportfishing fleet with straightforward Gulf of Mexico access. Montgomery is inland, on Lake Conroe northwest of Houston — one of many Texas reservoir lakes (Lake Travis, Lake Texoma and Lake Conroe among the largest) that host most of the state's lake-boat culture: wakeboard and ski boats, pontoons and bass boats, far from saltwater. Farther south, Corpus Christi and South Padre Island are the state's other Gulf-access points, closer to the Mexican border than to Houston.

See the by-owner fishing boats for sale in Texas, boats priced $25,000 to $50,000 in Texas — the band the state's median asking price falls into — or Texas boat slips & docks if you need somewhere to keep what you buy.

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Frequently asked questions

Are these Texas boats for sale by owner?
Most Texas 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 Texas?
There are currently 728 by-owner boats and yachts listed in Texas on YachtBazar.