South Florida with its yachting capital Fort Lauderdale has the biggest yachting community in the USA

If traveling to Ft Lauderdale by plane you have two main airports, Miami and Ft Lauderdale they both have various international flights and connections to all cities in the USA.

There is a Greyhound service greyhoundlines from Miami directly into the heart of Fort Lauderdale. There are many hostels hostels ft lauderdale in Fort Lauderdale including Floyd's hostel, which has a good website on travel and crew work Floyd's hostel