Where are Westport yachts built?

Westport builds its yachts in Washington State, with specialized facilities in Westport and Port Angeles. The company was founded in Westport in 1964. It also maintains a sales office and docks in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where yachts are often shown to buyers after their delivery voyage from the Pacific Northwest.

Are Westport yachts custom or production built?

They sit in between. Westport builds a small number of semi-custom platforms from one-piece composite molds, repeating each design across many hull numbers. Owners personalize layout and finishes within that framework. This approach gives consistent engineering and makes pre-owned hulls easier to compare.

What should I look for in a pre-owned Westport?

Focus on maintenance records, engine and generator hours, stabilizers, electronics age and any refit work, especially paint and interiors. Compare the yacht with other hull numbers of the same series. Class status, flag and charter history also matter, as does where the yacht has spent its seasons.

Westport Yachts for Sale & Brokerage

About Westport

Westport was founded in 1964 in the fishing town of Westport, Washington, and today builds its yachts across specialized facilities in Westport and Port Angeles on the Pacific Northwest coast. Over six decades it has become one of the most established builders of large yachts in North America.

What sets Westport apart is its production discipline. Hulls and major deck parts come from one-piece molds, and the yard builds a small number of proven platforms again and again, refining each hull number rather than starting from a blank page. The result is a semi-custom yacht whose engineering is well understood by captains, surveyors and refit yards.

That consistency has given the brand a loyal following among American owners who value reliability, straightforward systems and strong resale over experimental design. Westport also keeps a sales presence in Fort Lauderdale, close to the heart of the American yacht market.

Westport yacht models

Westport's current range is deliberately concise, with a history of long-running platforms that remain active on the brokerage market.

Westport 117A raised-pilothouse motor yacht of about 35 meters, introduced in 2024 as a newer entry point to the range.
Westport 135A raised-pilothouse yacht of about 41 meters, with the first hulls launched in early 2026.
Westport 172The tri-deck flagship of about 52 meters, suited to extended cruising with a full crew.
Westport 112, 130 and 164 (earlier series)Long-running platforms from previous decades that make up much of the pre-owned Westport fleet.

Westport yachts for sale

Westport yachts change hands both publicly and privately. There may be no Westport in the current Reel Deal Yachts selection, but Daniel can search the wider market, including yachts that are not publicly listed.

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Buying a Westport yacht

Because many Westports share a platform, a buyer can compare hull numbers with unusual precision. The survey should focus on the composite structure, engine room and generator hours, stabilizers, and the age of the electronics and entertainment systems, which date faster than the yacht itself. Refit history, particularly any repaint or interior update, often explains the difference between two otherwise similar yachts.

At this size a Westport typically runs with a professional crew and will usually be flagged and classed to suit charter or private use. Buyers should review class status, flag and any charter history carefully, along with where the yacht has cruised. Many Westports divide their year between New England and the Bahamas or Caribbean, and Daniel's buying process accounts for how that pattern affects wear.

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Selling a Westport yacht

The Westport market rewards transparency. Buyers know the platforms well, so a seller who can show maintenance logs, refit invoices and crew continuity will stand out. Daniel builds pricing from sold comparables of the same series and era, not from asking prices, and a private valuation is the natural starting point.

Most Westport buyers are American, which makes the Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach shows and a strong network of cooperating brokers central to any campaign. Some owners prefer a quieter approach, and a discreet off-market sale can suit a yacht with a well-known name or a private owner. Presentation still counts at this level: a fresh detail, current paperwork and a crew ready to show the yacht well all shorten the path to an offer.

Westport new builds

Westport builds to a proven platform, with owners choosing interior layouts, finishes and equipment within that framework. Daniel can help a client compare the current models, review the specification and build schedule, and coordinate with the yard, interior designers and an owner's representative so that decisions are made in the right order.

How Daniel guides a new build

Why work with Daniel Grant

Daniel works between Miami, New York and Europe, so he understands both the East Coast circuit where most Westports cruise and the international buyers who occasionally look at them. He is supported by Reel Deal Yachts' established Miami brokerage, and each client works with him directly, with discretion throughout.