Feadship · Megayacht
Feadship 50m Custom Cost of Ownership
The Dutch yard whose name functions as a synonym for the best-built yachts in the world.
Purchase price
$68,000,000
164 ft
Running cost / year
$4,731,554
7.0% of price
All-in per year
$7,358,666
Including depreciation
Charter instead
$681,600
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 50m Custom
Pre-filled with Feadship 50m Custom 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.
Feadship 50m Custom — annual running cost
$4,731,554
per year before depreciation
7.0% of purchase price — the 10% rule check
- Crew28%$1,310,400
- Maintenance & refit53%$2,502,400
- Dockage4%$173,184
- Insurance13%$594,320
- Fuel3%$151,250
First-year running costs, excluding depreciation.
Value falls to $53,720,000
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 | $1,310,400 | $173,184 | $594,320 | $2,502,400 | $151,250 | $5,440,000 | $10,171,554 |
| Year 2 | $1,310,400 | $173,184 | $568,480 | $2,393,600 | $151,250 | $2,720,000 | $7,316,914 |
| Year 3 | $1,310,400 | $173,184 | $549,100 | $2,312,000 | $151,250 | $2,040,000 | $6,535,934 |
| Year 4 | $1,310,400 | $173,184 | $529,720 | $2,230,400 | $151,250 | $2,040,000 | $6,434,954 |
| Year 5 | $1,310,400 | $173,184 | $510,340 | $2,148,800 | $151,250 | $2,040,000 | $6,333,974 |
| Total | $6,552,000 | $865,920 | $2,751,960 | $11,587,200 | $756,250 | $14,280,000 | $36,793,330 |
Feadship 50m Custom at a glance
- Length overall
- 164 ft
- Engines
- 2 × Caterpillar 3512C diesel-electric
- Top speed
- 16 knots
- Guests
- 12 in 6 cabins
- Crew
- 14
- Class
- Megayacht
Where the money goes
The strongest resale in yachting. Feadship hulls hold value the way a limited-production supercar does, and the yard's refit support keeps older boats competitive decades on.
| Crew14 full-time, including 30% overhead | $1,310,400 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance & refit reserve4.0% of hull value | $2,502,400 |
| Dockage164 ft at $88/ft/month, year-round | $173,184 |
| Insurance0.95% of hull value | $594,320 |
| Fuel250 hrs at 110 gal/hr | $151,250 |
| Running cost per yearBefore depreciation | $4,731,554 |
Depreciation curve
From $68,000,000 over five years.
Depreciation over five years totals $14,280,000 — 39% of the all-in cost of ownership.
Feadship 50m Custom — common questions
- How much does it cost to run a Feadship 50m Custom per year?
- Excluding depreciation, roughly $4,731,554 per year — about 7.0% of the $68,000,000 purchase price, against the industry rule of thumb of 10%. That breaks down as approximately $1,310,400 crew, $173,184 dockage, $594,320 insurance, $2,502,400 maintenance and refit reserve, and $151,250 fuel at 250 engine hours.
- What is the true cost of owning a Feadship 50m Custom?
- Including depreciation, the Feadship 50m Custom is modeled at about $7,358,666 per year over five years — roughly $613,222 per month. Depreciation alone accounts for 39% of that, which is why the purchase price is the smaller half of the decision.
- Is it cheaper to charter a Feadship 50m Custom than own one?
- At 6 weeks aboard per year, chartering is substantially cheaper. A comparable charter runs about $681,600 per week including APA and extras, so 6 weeks costs roughly $4,089,600 against $7,358,666 to own. Ownership only wins beyond about 11 weeks aboard per year.
- How much does a Feadship 50m Custom depreciate?
- The Feadship 50m Custom is modeled to retain about 85% of its value after three years and 79% after five — a loss of roughly $14,280,000 over the five-year hold. The strongest resale in yachting. Feadship hulls hold value the way a limited-production supercar does, and the yard's refit support keeps older boats competitive decades on.
- How many crew does a Feadship 50m Custom need?
- Approximately 14 full-time crew. At an average salary of $72,000 plus payroll taxes, insurance, training, and provisioning, that is about $1,310,400 per year — 28% of the total running cost.
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Path to own
How long until you can own this?
Carrying a Feadship 50m Custom costs about $883,259 a month once finance and running costs are combined — implying roughly $3,533,035 of net monthly income at 25% of net monthly income, plus $13,600,000 up front. Enter your own figures to see which of those two is actually your constraint, and when it clears.
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