Yacht Ownership Costs
The cluster discusses the high costs of owning, maintaining, and living on yachts and boats, often with humor about them being money pits and comparisons to cheaper alternatives like liveaboards or shared ownership.
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Show a little sympathy; those $500 million yachts aren't going to buy themselves. ;)
Those yachts ain't paying for themselves.
Perhaps it's a matter of scale? What if not everyone could afford the upfront cost of owning a boat?
It's a better cause than buying a $500m boat.
I've never heard of this before, but it looks amazing! I'm guessing a spot on the boat is $millions/year though, so well out of reach for myself.
The way I think about it, people own boats, and this still can be cheaper than that hobby!
It's true that sometimes $5k is pocket change when owning a boat :(
Mantaining a boat is very expensive. The people I know with boats all make what we call good money here.But I guess by HN standards are different to mine.
I'm interested in boating, but haven't gotten into it. I have read a lot, for what that's worth. My impression is that people have the wrong mental model for boat economics and get screwed over because of it.The core problem is that the total cost of ownership for a boat is a small fraction of its purchase price. Also, the incremental cost of owning one even when not using it is relatively high.Think of cars. Let's say you get a little extra cash and you feel lik
Those yachts don't buy themselves you know!