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Georgia Boat Haulers and Marine Transport
A hundred miles of coast, and the biggest inland lake fleet in the Southeast an hour from Atlanta.
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Where boats move in Georgia
Savannah and Thunderbolt handle the north coast, with yards on the Wilmington River that work on large cruisers and sportfish and sit minutes from I-16 and I-95. Brunswick, St. Simons and Jekyll cover the south, and the Golden Isles yards are a common stop for boats in transit on the ICW. Access along the coastal corridor is good; the last miles into marsh-side marinas are the usual single-lane, low-branch story.
Lake Lanier is the volume market. Forty-odd miles north of Atlanta, it holds thousands of slips and dry-stack spaces and moves an enormous number of boats each spring — most of them trailerable, many of them not. Lake Oconee, West Point and Allatoona add more, all with easy access off I-85, I-75 and I-985.
Summer heat and humidity are worth a thought if a boat is going into extended land storage here. Covered or dry-stack storage costs more and pays for itself in gelcoat and canvas.
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Powerboats and cruisers
Center consoles, sportfish and cabin cruisers. Under 8’6” of beam it travels on ordinary plates; over that we pull the permits and plan the route around the bridges.
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Sailboats
Mast unstepped at the yard, keel cradled, air draft planned before the truck books. Tell us your rigger’s date and we schedule around it.
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Small craft and PWC
Jet skis, skiffs, tenders and anything already on its own trailer. The quickest to schedule and the cheapest per mile.
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The busiest single pattern is Lanier to the coast and back — Atlanta owners moving a boat to St. Simons or Charleston for a season. Coastal-to-coastal runs on I-95 north to the Carolinas and south to Florida are the other constant.
Georgia DOT issues per-trip oversize permits and holds to weekday daylight travel above 8'6" of beam, with escorts over 12'. Atlanta's peak-hour restrictions matter for anything routed through the metro — a Lanier move plans around I-285 rather than through it.
Where a hull is not worth the cost of the haul, boat donation is a cleaner exit than trucking it somewhere to sit again.
When trucking is not worth it
Boats coming out of long storage are the ones worth pricing carefully. If a hull has sat for six seasons and the quote to move it is climbing past what it would sell for, donating the boat is a cleaner exit than trucking it somewhere to sit again.
Georgia questions
It's the most common job in the state, both directions, usually spring out and fall back.
With a permit and outside peak hours. Most carriers route around on I-285 or time the run for mid-morning.
The coast runs year-round; the lakes run March through November with a real slowdown in winter. Winter is the cheapest time to move a lake boat.
Nearby states
Still working out the details? The marine transport guide covers permits, prep and pricing end to end, and the FAQ handles the short questions.
Ready when you are
Tell us the boat, the two addresses and the week you have in mind. The quote comes back with the permit and access notes already accounted for.
