Yacht Ownership as an Asset Class
Own a Luxury Yacht withUp to 9% GuaranteedAnnual Returns& Zero Operating Costs
Turn your passion for sailing into a high-yielding, hassle-free investment. We place your hull into a professionally managed charter fleet, meet every running cost out of charter revenue, and pay you a contracted return — while you keep 12 weeks aboard each year, in any base on the network.
- Up to 9% contracted yield
- Zero operating costs
- 12 weeks' sailing a year
Illustrative figures based on standard fleet-management contracts. Returns are contractual, not risk-free: they depend on the agreement signed, the hull selected and the operator meeting its obligations. Capital is at risk and a yacht is a depreciating asset. Nothing on this page is investment advice or an offer of a security.
The Investment Model
Three things the agreement gives you
A contracted income, a running-cost bill that is not yours, and time on the water. Everything below is written into the management agreement before you sign it.
5–9%
Guaranteed Income
A contracted percentage of the purchase price, paid annually for the length of the agreement. Not a projection dependent on how busy the season was — a figure written into the contract before you sign it.
- Paid whether the yacht charters twelve weeks or twenty
- Fixed for the full term, not reset each year
- Settled in the currency of the contract
Zero
Expense Fleet Management
Berthing, insurance, crew, antifoul, servicing, winter storage, class survey. Every running cost a private owner pays out of pocket is met by the operator out of charter revenue instead.
- No berth contract in your name
- Full-time professional crew and shore support
- Annual maintenance to the manufacturer's schedule
12 weeks
Global Reciprocal Sailing
Your own sailing entitlement, taken on your hull or on any comparable yacht across roughly 40 bases. The Med in June, the Caribbean in January, on the same agreement.
- Peak-season weeks included, not off-season only
- Swap to an equivalent hull in another region
- Unused weeks convertible under the contract terms
Financial Comparison
Private ownership against managed charter investment
The same hull, the same berth, two entirely different balance sheets. This is the comparison most owners only make in year three.
Operating costs
Nil to the owner. Met by the operator out of charter revenueAnnual yield
5–9% of purchase price, contracted for the termMaintenance & crew
Professional shore team and full-time crew, managed for youGlobal flexibility
12 weeks a year, transferable across ~40 basesUtilisation
Chartered through the season, earning when you are ashoreExit
Contracted end-of-term options agreed at the outset
| Criterion | Traditional Private Ownership | Managed Charter Investment |
|---|---|---|
| Operating costs | 8–12% of hull value every year — berth, crew, insurance, maintenance, all yours | Nil to the owner. Met by the operator out of charter revenue |
| Annual yield | None. A cost centre, offset at best by ad-hoc charter | 5–9% of purchase price, contracted for the term |
| Maintenance & crew | Your responsibility to hire, schedule, supervise and pay | Professional shore team and full-time crew, managed for you |
| Global flexibility | One hull, in one berth, in one region | 12 weeks a year, transferable across ~40 bases |
| Utilisation | Typically 3–6 weeks used; idle for the rest of the season | Chartered through the season, earning when you are ashore |
| Exit | Private sale, at whatever the market gives on the day | Contracted end-of-term options agreed at the outset |
The Investment Journey
From shortlist to end-of-term, in four steps
Roughly six weeks from first conversation to a signed agreement, then a schedule you can hold the operator to.
Weeks 1–3
Select Your Fleet Position
We shortlist hulls by charter demand in the region you want, not by what a yard needs to move. You see the projected yield, the utilisation history of comparable boats on the same base, and the running-cost schedule the operator is taking on.
Weeks 3–6
Tailor the Contract
Term length between 3 and 8 years, the contracted percentage, which weeks are yours, and the end-of-term options — all agreed and written down before any money moves. We read the management agreement with you, clause by clause.
Year 1 onwards
Collect Your Yield
Distributions arrive on the contracted schedule. Statements show charter weeks booked, revenue earned and costs absorbed by the operator, so you can see the model working rather than take it on trust.
Year 5
End-of-Term Freedom
Take the yacht into private ownership fully refitted, extend the management agreement on renegotiated terms, or instruct the operator to sell and return the proceeds. The choice is yours and it was priced in at signing.
Returns Calculator
Run the model on your own number
Move the capital, the contracted percentage and the term. Every figure updates against the agreement structure, not against a market forecast.
Contracted yield
Annual distribution
$35,000
7% of capital, paid each year of the agreement.
Over 5 years
$175,000
35% of the capital invested, returned as income.
Your sailing
60 weeks
12 weeks a year, across ~40 bases.
Running costs not paid
$200,000
At 8% a year, the low end of what a private owner absorbs.
Illustrative figures based on standard fleet-management contracts. Returns are contractual, not risk-free: they depend on the agreement signed, the hull selected and the operator meeting its obligations. Capital is at risk and a yacht is a depreciating asset. Nothing on this page is investment advice or an offer of a security.
Request Private Investor Consultation & Detailed Financial Projections
Tell us the budget you are working to and the water you want to sail. We come back with the hulls that fit, the contracted yield each one is placed at, and the agreement in writing — no obligation, and no introduction fee to a fleet operator waiting at the other end.
- A detailed projection for the hulls that match your budget
- The management agreement in full, before any commitment
- One adviser, independent of any single fleet operator