Absolute · Flybridge
Absolute Navetta 64 Cost of Ownership
A semi-displacement navetta that trades top speed for range, efficiency, and a genuinely usable full-beam master.
Purchase price
$2,800,000
64 ft
Running cost / year
$294,279
10.5% of price
All-in per year
$498,466
Including depreciation
Charter instead
$45,440
Per week, all in
Baseline: 250 engine hours per year, berthed year-round, marine diesel at $5.50 per gallon, over 5 years. Adjust everything below.
Model your Navetta 64
Pre-filled with Absolute Navetta 64 figures. Crew count and engine hours move the total more than anything else on this page.
The yacht
Length drives dockage; value drives insurance and refit reserve.
Crew
Above roughly 80 feet, crew becomes the single largest running cost.
Zero for an owner-operated boat.
A further 30% is added for payroll tax, insurance, and provisioning.
Berth, insurance & refit
Insurance and refit reserve are struck against the declining hull value.
Reduce if the yacht cruises or lies at anchor for part of the year.
Covers haul-out, paint, systems, and the periodic refit.
Fuel
Wildly variable — a planing hull at speed burns many times what it does at displacement speed.
Absolute Navetta 64 — annual running cost
$294,279
per year before depreciation
10.5% of purchase price — the 10% rule check
- Crew24%$71,500
- Maintenance & refit36%$104,580
- Dockage9%$26,112
- Insurance10%$30,212
- Fuel21%$61,875
First-year running costs, excluding depreciation.
Value falls to $1,680,000
Running costs plus depreciation
1,250 hours over the period
Year by year
Insurance and refit reserve fall with the hull value; crew and dockage do not.
| Year | Crew | Dockage | Insurance | Maintenance | Fuel | Depreciation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $71,500 | $26,112 | $30,212 | $104,580 | $61,875 | $476,000 | $770,279 |
| Year 2 | $71,500 | $26,112 | $27,664 | $95,760 | $61,875 | $196,000 | $478,911 |
| Year 3 | $71,500 | $26,112 | $25,480 | $88,200 | $61,875 | $168,000 | $441,167 |
| Year 4 | $71,500 | $26,112 | $23,660 | $81,900 | $61,875 | $140,000 | $405,047 |
| Year 5 | $71,500 | $26,112 | $21,840 | $75,600 | $61,875 | $140,000 | $396,927 |
| Total | $357,500 | $130,560 | $128,856 | $446,040 | $309,375 | $1,120,000 | $2,492,331 |
Absolute Navetta 64 at a glance
- Length overall
- 64 ft
- Engines
- 2 × Volvo Penta IPS800
- Top speed
- 24 knots
- Guests
- 8 in 4 cabins
- Crew
- 1
- Class
- Flybridge
Where the money goes
The cheapest boat here to run by a wide margin. At 45 gallons an hour it burns roughly a sixth of what the Tecnomar does, and one crew member is sufficient.
| Crew1 full-time, including 30% overhead | $71,500 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance & refit reserve4.5% of hull value | $104,580 |
| Dockage64 ft at $34/ft/month, year-round | $26,112 |
| Insurance1.30% of hull value | $30,212 |
| Fuel250 hrs at 45 gal/hr | $61,875 |
| Running cost per yearBefore depreciation | $294,279 |
Depreciation curve
From $2,800,000 over five years.
Depreciation over five years totals $1,120,000 — 45% of the all-in cost of ownership.
Absolute Navetta 64 — common questions
- How much does it cost to run a Absolute Navetta 64 per year?
- Excluding depreciation, roughly $294,279 per year — about 10.5% of the $2,800,000 purchase price, against the industry rule of thumb of 10%. That breaks down as approximately $71,500 crew, $26,112 dockage, $30,212 insurance, $104,580 maintenance and refit reserve, and $61,875 fuel at 250 engine hours.
- What is the true cost of owning a Absolute Navetta 64?
- Including depreciation, the Absolute Navetta 64 is modeled at about $498,466 per year over five years — roughly $41,539 per month. Depreciation alone accounts for 45% of that, which is why the purchase price is the smaller half of the decision.
- Is it cheaper to charter a Absolute Navetta 64 than own one?
- At 6 weeks aboard per year, chartering is substantially cheaper. A comparable charter runs about $45,440 per week including APA and extras, so 6 weeks costs roughly $272,640 against $498,466 to own. Ownership only wins beyond about 11 weeks aboard per year.
- How much does a Absolute Navetta 64 depreciate?
- The Absolute Navetta 64 is modeled to retain about 70% of its value after three years and 60% after five — a loss of roughly $1,120,000 over the five-year hold. The cheapest boat here to run by a wide margin. At 45 gallons an hour it burns roughly a sixth of what the Tecnomar does, and one crew member is sufficient.
- How many crew does a Absolute Navetta 64 need?
- Approximately 1 full-time crew. At an average salary of $55,000 plus payroll taxes, insurance, training, and provisioning, that is about $71,500 per year — 24% of the total running cost.
Compare with
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- Charter / week
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- Price
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- Charter / week
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Path to own
How long until you can own this?
Carrying a Absolute Navetta 64 costs about $44,657 a month once finance and running costs are combined — implying roughly $178,628 of net monthly income at 25% of net monthly income, plus $560,000 up front. Enter your own figures to see which of those two is actually your constraint, and when it clears.
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