About
Built for owners who are tired of guessing.
Ark & Air manages, charters, and provisions yachts across South Florida and beyond. The company exists because the standard model rewards opacity — and because the 50' to 70' segment, where most vessels have no permanent crew, is barely served at all.
Why we exist
The problem is structural, not personal
Most yacht management in South Florida is honest work sold inside a bad structure. The company that schedules your service also marks up the parts, collects vendor rebates you never see, and often brokers the boat when you give up. Nothing about it is illegal. All of it makes your costs unknowable.
Owners respond by hiring around it: a captain here, a detailer there, a friend who manages from shore. That works until it does not — because nobody is keeping records, and no single person is accountable for the vessel's condition.
Ark & Air takes the opposite position. We charge a published management fee, pass every cost through untouched, and document each visit in a portal the owner controls. If the work is good, we should be able to show you exactly what it cost.
Where we operate
South Florida · Bahamas · Beyond
Home waters run from Lake Worth Inlet through Miami and the Florida Keys, with regular runs to the Bahamas. Vessels from 50 to 150 feet, power and sail.
The name
Ark is the sea business. Air is the aviation management arm that follows the same principles — published fees, disclosed costs, documented work — once the yacht side is established.
Principles
Four commitments we will put in the contract
Published fees
Costs at cost
Disclosed incentives
No brokerage conflict
How the team is built
Four functions, one accountable captain
Port captains
Licensed captains who own the vessel relationship: the schedule, the quality check, the vendor supervision, and the invoice trail. One name, reachable directly.
Technical & compliance
Systems and preventive maintenance planning, haul-out and refit oversight, and USCG and OSHA readiness with documented drills and logs.
Charter & guest services
Central-agent representation, contracts and deposits, guest vetting, and per-charter reconciliation.
Concierge & events
Transfers, chefs, dining, entertainment, sporting rentals, and full event production.
What an owner can expect
In the first thirty days
- A full condition survey of systems, safety gear, and documentation
- A twelve-month maintenance and budget plan with owner-approved thresholds
- Vendor terms disclosed in writing before any work is scheduled
- Your vessel loaded into Boat-Bridge, with history captured from existing records
- A named port captain, reachable by phone, who has stood on your boat
Request a vessel review
A no-charge walkthrough of your vessel, your current spend, and what a transparent management program would cost. We publish our fees before you ask.