Pershing · Sport Yacht
Pershing 7X Cost of Ownership
Ferretti Group's performance line — a carbon-composite express cruiser that does 47 knots without sacrificing four cabins.
Purchase price
$7,600,000
74 ft
Running cost / year
$904,230
11.9% of price
All-in per year
$1,530,014
Including depreciation
Charter instead
$110,760
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 7X
Pre-filled with Pershing 7X 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.
Pershing 7X — annual running cost
$904,230
per year before depreciation
11.9% of purchase price — the 10% rule check
- Crew17%$156,000
- Maintenance & refit37%$334,400
- Dockage4%$39,960
- Insurance9%$85,120
- Fuel32%$288,750
First-year running costs, excluding depreciation.
Value falls to $4,104,000
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 | $156,000 | $39,960 | $85,120 | $334,400 | $288,750 | $1,520,000 | $2,424,230 |
| Year 2 | $156,000 | $39,960 | $76,608 | $300,960 | $288,750 | $608,000 | $1,470,278 |
| Year 3 | $156,000 | $39,960 | $69,160 | $271,700 | $288,750 | $532,000 | $1,357,570 |
| Year 4 | $156,000 | $39,960 | $62,776 | $246,620 | $288,750 | $456,000 | $1,250,106 |
| Year 5 | $156,000 | $39,960 | $57,456 | $225,720 | $288,750 | $380,000 | $1,147,886 |
| Total | $780,000 | $199,800 | $351,120 | $1,379,400 | $1,443,750 | $3,496,000 | $7,650,070 |
Pershing 7X at a glance
- Length overall
- 74 ft
- Engines
- 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M96L with surface drives
- Top speed
- 47 knots
- Guests
- 8 in 4 cabins
- Crew
- 2
- Class
- Sport Yacht
Where the money goes
Surface-drive maintenance is specialized and expensive, and the yard network for it is thin outside the Mediterranean and Florida. Budget above the class average for haul-outs.
| Crew2 full-time, including 30% overhead | $156,000 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance & refit reserve5.5% of hull value | $334,400 |
| Dockage74 ft at $45/ft/month, year-round | $39,960 |
| Insurance1.40% of hull value | $85,120 |
| Fuel250 hrs at 210 gal/hr | $288,750 |
| Running cost per yearBefore depreciation | $904,230 |
Depreciation curve
From $7,600,000 over five years.
Depreciation over five years totals $3,496,000 — 46% of the all-in cost of ownership.
Pershing 7X — common questions
- How much does it cost to run a Pershing 7X per year?
- Excluding depreciation, roughly $904,230 per year — about 11.9% of the $7,600,000 purchase price, against the industry rule of thumb of 10%. That breaks down as approximately $156,000 crew, $39,960 dockage, $85,120 insurance, $334,400 maintenance and refit reserve, and $288,750 fuel at 250 engine hours.
- What is the true cost of owning a Pershing 7X?
- Including depreciation, the Pershing 7X is modeled at about $1,530,014 per year over five years — roughly $127,501 per month. Depreciation alone accounts for 46% of that, which is why the purchase price is the smaller half of the decision.
- Is it cheaper to charter a Pershing 7X than own one?
- At 6 weeks aboard per year, chartering is substantially cheaper. A comparable charter runs about $110,760 per week including APA and extras, so 6 weeks costs roughly $664,560 against $1,530,014 to own. Ownership only wins beyond about 14 weeks aboard per year.
- How much does a Pershing 7X depreciate?
- The Pershing 7X is modeled to retain about 65% of its value after three years and 54% after five — a loss of roughly $3,496,000 over the five-year hold. Surface-drive maintenance is specialized and expensive, and the yard network for it is thin outside the Mediterranean and Florida. Budget above the class average for haul-outs.
- How many crew does a Pershing 7X need?
- Approximately 2 full-time crew. At an average salary of $60,000 plus payroll taxes, insurance, training, and provisioning, that is about $156,000 per year — 17% of the total running cost.
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Path to own
How long until you can own this?
Carrying a Pershing 7X costs about $130,001 a month once finance and running costs are combined — implying roughly $520,005 of net monthly income at 25% of net monthly income, plus $1,520,000 up front. Enter your own figures to see which of those two is actually your constraint, and when it clears.
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