How much does a yacht cost...?

Question

a small-medium sized one?

Answer 1

$25,000          

small sized used  

to

$1,000,000

medium sized new

Answer 2

If you have to ask... You can't afford it!

Answer 3

It very much depends what you are looking for - an old, second hand 20ft boat, £10,000 in bad condition, then heading towards £100,000 for a new full spec 34ft Beneteau (all sailing yachts) and then upwards depending on the size. Again, if this is the first yacht, something small and second hand would be a good place to start.

I would suggest you head down to a local Marina and take a look-see though this isn't something you should jump straight into with no experiance.

Take a look on the web for sites that advertise to get a fair idea...

http://www.yachtworld.com/

http://www.foxsyachts.co.uk/

Answer 4

Yachts are classified as a live-aboard vessel capable -- at the very least -- coastal cruising.

With this in mind, a sailing yacht of 25 to 35 feet can be purchased for less than $20,000.  But it will certainly need some work to bring it up to a condition acceptable to attempt any distance cruising.

Motor yachts will, of course be more expensive.

Personally for the best of safety and comfort you want to go for something between 35 and 45 feet and you want it to be a rugged, seaworthy craft.

Something like this is gonna run around $100,000 and up.

Go to yachtworld.com and do so searching.

Answer 5

Cap'n John is the only person even close...(if we are talking about a new m/y)

If you wanted to buy any new powerboat in the fifty-sixty foot range, you are looking at 2.5 million (easy).

Another way to look at it is like this:  When you see all these hollywood celebrities, musicians, (P-Diddy cames to mind, always talking about "his" yacht) etc aboard "their" yachts....they are renting/chartering them...the avarage hollwood actor/celebrity isn't even close to being able to afford the 215 ft Luhrssen they are photographed on.  

The costs for fuel, provisions, crew, maintenance, dock space, are astronomical....

If you wanted to purchase and operate a larger 100 foot + size boat, being a millionaire will get you nowhere.

Later post....A few thousand dollars?!?!?  Apparently some folks have an awfully loose interpretation of a "yacht".  Example: Cap'n Crunch, that's not a yacht....that's a 40 foot trawler...a cabin cruiser!!!!

Answer 6

new or used? LOA? powered by? way too many questions to be asked to give a straight forward answer.

figure 1/2 mil and up...

Answer 7

$300,000 used

Answer 8

You can purchase a small to medium sized yacht from a few thousand to many thousands. Check out some of the online yacht sales companies to see the type of boat that you would like and how much you could afford to spend. The UK is a good place to buy boats at the moment as the pound is not very strong right now and a lot of Europeans are buying boats in Britain and getting a good bargain.

Answer 9

This one only cost 215K and you dont have to go to Europe to get it

Answer 10

A lot of "cost" depends on what you're speaking about; sail or motor yacht.

They can range from $1,000 from a fixer-upper to several million dollars with all the bells and whistles you could imagine.

I bought a 25' Cape Dory sloop for $3,500. After sinking 20 months of redoing her from top to bottom and spending over $10,000, I have my own little yacht.

Roller furling, stove, microwave, sink with pressurized water, GPS systems, Marine SSB radio, dodger, bimini, boom tent, BBQ, self steering wind vane, etc, etc, etc.  She's been up to Alaska and will be going down to Mexico this year after the hurricane season is over.

I take her out much more than the much bigger yachts in my marina get taken out.

If you're thiniking sailboat yachts, the range is over the place depending on condition and builder.

Under 30', they can go from $8,000 to $20,000 for a decent ,turn-key ,sailboat. Once you get over 30', the price jumps accordingly.

Answer 11

As J.P. Morgan once told Henry Pierce:  "You have no right, or business owning a yacht if you ask that question."

It was a hard and curt answer, I agree... but it is also a very accurate answer.

The term "yacht" typically refers to a very rich man's (or woman's) recreational boat, (or vessel) of which is a minimum of 50 feet in length, and is extremely, luxuriously appointed...

So... if this is actually the type vessel is what you are curious about... here's a good "ballpark" answer.

Today, the going rate for a typical "yacht" is about $40,000 a lineal foot.  So the initial purchase price of a typical 50' "yacht" would set the new owner back about $2,000,000.

But, that's not near all it cost...  The purchase price of a "small yacht" is only about half the cost of maintaining it over the first seven years or so... after that, the cost of maintaining it will go up rather dramatically.

In addition to the above, there is transportation to and from, plus dock fees, fuel, crew, food, beverage, and entertainment expenses...  So, honestly... to the man, woman, corporation, that purchases a true "yacht"... the initial price is really peanuts; and I do mean it is an incidental - almost nothing price to pay - for the onset of expenses to own, operate, maintain, and entertain...

Now, if you are asking about the price of a small to medium size "boat"... that's a whole different story...

But, "small to medium" means different things to different people, and "boat" well, that can be anything that floats...

So, to get a good answer for that... you will need to add a lot more specifics, ie: power, sail, row, paddle, electric, etc. - Where are you going to use it?  Fresh water? Salt water? or Bath water?  Get my drift? (pun intended).

Want to see and learn about Ron Allen's "yacht" the Octopus?

Ron is the co-founder (with Bill Gates) of Microsoft... Click on the link below and learn about his "yacht"...

It has two helicopters, a submarine, etc. and costs a mear $750,000 to "top off her fuel tanks"...  $20 million a year to just keep her clean & pay her crew.

http://www.yachtcrew-cv.com/paulallen.ht...

Happy & Safe Boating!

Answer 12

$200/ foot up to 25 feet, $300/ foot up to 50 feet and then the sky is the limit. This is a good guesstimate for used, not new.  If you want new, buy a boating magazine and read the ads. You can also find many used vessels listed in the for sale section. The prices I gave are for good condion, ready to sail power boats.