Towing a large boat?

Towing it with what?
Whats wrong with the 53's engines?

During a repower time I once towed my then 38 Bertram to and from a local yard (about 6 miles each way). At that time I had two other boats so the tow was a 28 Cigarette and the aft boat a 20' Cigarette. Also once towed a 30' Sea Ray from South Miami to Ft. Laud with only my then 38 Bertram.
No idea where in Fl. your at but I've seen many small tug boats towing mega yachts up & down the Middle River in Ft. Laud. You may want to speak with the two membership tow companies for starters.

So, your not planning to use your bass boat. Good.
This tow will require a tow boat with torque to pull your 53 safely AND a near equal powered drag boat to stop her and guide the stern thru bridges and narrow turns.
This is not a tow chain or tow-bar on the road by a couple of red-necks (hold my beer) but a multi dimensional and hydraulic movement of mass.
Fair warning, this is not easy.
Please contact a tow vendor (Sea-Tow, Boat US, Vessel assist) for there estimates on moving her.

It may be cheaper to get her self propelled where she lays now. If this is a purchase; Run Forest, Run..

I see boats your size get towed regularly in the Ft Lauderdale area. It seems the tow boat companies often use twin engine large RIBs, over 20 ft. I guess if you have access to two boats of that type, and had good communications and towing hardware, it could be done in calm conditions and hopefully you dont have to go up any tight rivers. As mentioned, call the tow companies and get a quote, my guess is it will be many thousands and you might think about putting some real money into the engines to get them running where it sits. Even having one engine running could make the voyage doable.

A few years ago I had to tow my 53 to the yard to repower. It was a couple of hours, up the bay from Coconut grove into the Miami River. The commercial towers (sea tow, towboatus etc) quoted me between $2500 and $3000 for two boats.

I ended up finding a buddy of a buddy with a 20’ single engine CC willing to do it for $500…. It didn’t start well as the cleats location wouldn’t allow enough control. I ended up doing a hip tow for propulsion with my wife steering from the bow with a 15’ dinghy.

it worked out but there was some white knuckles moment up the river going thru bridges…

so, I can’t imagine what a 200 mile tow will cost. It will be a 40 - 50 hours job!