The thing is, there are very different versions how to spend or not spend on a yacht ownership. You should ask yourself, what can I handle myself, what for do I need a professionell, what expense is usefull and even sometimes, is this really necessary?
The things you have to pay:
- The harbour costs (including water, electricity, parking, lavatories, … ). I have the boat in Bruinisse wich is by the way one of the most expensives harbours in the Netherlands. But if you start your yacht experience, a good lavatories, nice infrastructures, shops, closed parkings, security or a shipyard with crane is a good investment. It adds many comfort to it wich are really worth the harbour costs. Also the harbour of Bruinisse is a non-tidal harbour, always nicely filled with water, no smell… perfect. COSTS: around 3400€ per year, summer-winter, electricity/water included.
- Taxes, depending on the country you will register the ship. (Hint, for people staying first years in the Netherland Inland, no registration is needed…. (not even a licence)
- Insurance, don't mess with that one… I have to check, but it's less than 500€/annum.
- VHF frequency, depending on the country.
The things you will spend:
- The first year you will actually spend more on clothes, cups, special 'must have' things then on the harbour; and if you don't, you wife will. Good luck with that. Apart from good jackets and a pair of serious boots you won't need anything, actually…
Regular maintenance stuff:
- You need to take the ship out of water from time to time. It's about, cleaning the hull, cleaning the prop, changing anodes, 2 coats of antifoulding and letting the polyester dry out a bit. How often depends on where the ship lays (how quick does the stuff under the ship grow), regular usage (sailing cleans the hull). I've taken Nikita out every 3 years, but I also dived to clean the prop every 2 years.
- The Engine maintenance, theoratically an oilchange per year, but more about the engine in a seperated article. Can be done on your own. There is a pump, to punp out the oil and everything is very nicely accessible.
- The driveshaft sealing. It's a traditional one. You reload the packing once the ship out of the water. There is a greace pump attached fixed to it. Every few month you give it a turn on the grease pump, that's it. After a full day of sailing you can expect 10cl of water dripping in.
- Sails: Genua, Fock in mint condition. Stormsail, never used. The main-sail is a bit discolored and should anticipately be changed in 5 years around.
- Rigging: The rigg is hoplessly overbuild. The main rigg has 16mm in stainless and the stegs have 10 or 12mm. I was always happy with it and didn't question it, because it is so massively over-enginered.
What can you avoid, or where you have to judge by yourself:
- If you ask professional advice, they will always tell you stories about what you should do, change, spend. They are total pros in telling you, you will be terribly unhappy until you buy a Hallberg-Rassy with a Volvo Penta Engine from them. So, take care who you ask, and who you trust. Especially when it comes to dutch shipyards or so called experts. By the way, experts; always ask yourself, who is the expert really working for. So never ask an expert whos at the same time owner of a shipyard…
I hope the message has passed.
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