Ferretti · Flybridge
Ferretti Yachts 720 Cost of Ownership
A classic Italian flybridge: four cabins, a full-beam owner's suite, and an upper deck built for entertaining at anchor.
Purchase price
$6,900,000
72 ft
Running cost / year
$702,467
10.2% of price
All-in per year
$1,262,609
Including depreciation
Charter instead
$78,100
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 Yachts 720
Pre-filled with Ferretti Yachts 720 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.
Ferretti Yachts 720 — annual running cost
$702,467
per year before depreciation
10.2% of purchase price — the 10% rule check
- Crew21%$150,800
- Maintenance & refit40%$279,450
- Dockage5%$34,560
- Insurance10%$72,657
- Fuel23%$165,000
First-year running costs, excluding depreciation.
Value falls to $3,795,000
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 | $150,800 | $34,560 | $72,657 | $279,450 | $165,000 | $1,311,000 | $2,013,467 |
| Year 2 | $150,800 | $34,560 | $65,481 | $251,850 | $165,000 | $552,000 | $1,219,691 |
| Year 3 | $150,800 | $34,560 | $59,202 | $227,700 | $165,000 | $483,000 | $1,120,262 |
| Year 4 | $150,800 | $34,560 | $53,820 | $207,000 | $165,000 | $414,000 | $1,025,180 |
| Year 5 | $150,800 | $34,560 | $49,335 | $189,750 | $165,000 | $345,000 | $934,445 |
| Total | $754,000 | $172,800 | $300,495 | $1,155,750 | $825,000 | $3,105,000 | $6,313,045 |
Ferretti Yachts 720 at a glance
- Length overall
- 72 ft
- Engines
- 2 × MAN V12-1400
- Top speed
- 30 knots
- Guests
- 8 in 4 cabins
- Crew
- 2
- Class
- Flybridge
Where the money goes
Flybridge boats spend most of their life at anchor rather than at speed, so fuel is a smaller share of the total than the engine specification suggests. Crew and dockage dominate.
| Crew2 full-time, including 30% overhead | $150,800 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance & refit reserve5.0% of hull value | $279,450 |
| Dockage72 ft at $40/ft/month, year-round | $34,560 |
| Insurance1.30% of hull value | $72,657 |
| Fuel250 hrs at 120 gal/hr | $165,000 |
| Running cost per yearBefore depreciation | $702,467 |
Depreciation curve
From $6,900,000 over five years.
Depreciation over five years totals $3,105,000 — 49% of the all-in cost of ownership.
Ferretti Yachts 720 — common questions
- How much does it cost to run a Ferretti Yachts 720 per year?
- Excluding depreciation, roughly $702,467 per year — about 10.2% of the $6,900,000 purchase price, against the industry rule of thumb of 10%. That breaks down as approximately $150,800 crew, $34,560 dockage, $72,657 insurance, $279,450 maintenance and refit reserve, and $165,000 fuel at 250 engine hours.
- What is the true cost of owning a Ferretti Yachts 720?
- Including depreciation, the Ferretti Yachts 720 is modeled at about $1,262,609 per year over five years — roughly $105,217 per month. Depreciation alone accounts for 49% of that, which is why the purchase price is the smaller half of the decision.
- Is it cheaper to charter a Ferretti Yachts 720 than own one?
- At 6 weeks aboard per year, chartering is substantially cheaper. A comparable charter runs about $78,100 per week including APA and extras, so 6 weeks costs roughly $468,600 against $1,262,609 to own. Ownership only wins beyond about 17 weeks aboard per year.
- How much does a Ferretti Yachts 720 depreciate?
- The Ferretti Yachts 720 is modeled to retain about 66% of its value after three years and 55% after five — a loss of roughly $3,105,000 over the five-year hold. Flybridge boats spend most of their life at anchor rather than at speed, so fuel is a smaller share of the total than the engine specification suggests. Crew and dockage dominate.
- How many crew does a Ferretti Yachts 720 need?
- Approximately 2 full-time crew. At an average salary of $58,000 plus payroll taxes, insurance, training, and provisioning, that is about $150,800 per year — 21% of the total running cost.
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Path to own
How long until you can own this?
Carrying a Ferretti Yachts 720 costs about $108,154 a month once finance and running costs are combined — implying roughly $432,617 of net monthly income at 25% of net monthly income, plus $1,380,000 up front. Enter your own figures to see which of those two is actually your constraint, and when it clears.
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