How to Keep Yachting Expenses Manageable!!!!

[Submarino]

Here's a great article about Yachts and their ownership represents in terms of maintenance and fuel costs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/yo...l?ref=business

I was beyond shocked when I read:

Jeff Vrana, who oversees one man’s five yachts, the largest of which is a 192-foot Lurssen called Ronin, said new buyers might not understand that there are specific yachts for the Bahamas, for example, where the waters are shallower, and the Caribbean, where they are deeper. “When you have money to burn and don’t mind writing checks for $1 million a month, then buy that 190-footer,” he said.

When he takes Ronin to Germany from Florida for service this fall, it will cost 180,000 euros in fuel one way and 3 million euros for maintenance work. One easy way a crew can save money is by having a fuel strategy. Ronin holds 30,000 gallons of gas.

I am just speechless.