Lürssen · Megayacht
Lürssen 100m Custom Cost of Ownership
The German yard that has built more of the world's hundred largest yachts than anyone else.
Purchase price
$350,000,000
328 ft
Running cost / year
$19,677,320
5.6% of price
All-in per year
$32,558,720
Including depreciation
Charter instead
$2,130,000
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 100m Custom
Pre-filled with Lürssen 100m 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.
Lürssen 100m Custom — annual running cost
$19,677,320
per year before depreciation
5.6% of purchase price — the 10% rule check
- Crew18%$3,549,000
- Maintenance & refit63%$12,369,000
- Dockage2%$472,320
- Insurance15%$2,929,500
- Fuel2%$357,500
First-year running costs, excluding depreciation.
Value falls to $280,000,000
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 | $3,549,000 | $472,320 | $2,929,500 | $12,369,000 | $357,500 | $24,500,000 | $44,177,320 |
| Year 2 | $3,549,000 | $472,320 | $2,803,500 | $11,837,000 | $357,500 | $14,000,000 | $33,019,320 |
| Year 3 | $3,549,000 | $472,320 | $2,709,000 | $11,438,000 | $357,500 | $10,500,000 | $29,025,820 |
| Year 4 | $3,549,000 | $472,320 | $2,614,500 | $11,039,000 | $357,500 | $10,500,000 | $28,532,320 |
| Year 5 | $3,549,000 | $472,320 | $2,520,000 | $10,640,000 | $357,500 | $10,500,000 | $28,038,820 |
| Total | $17,745,000 | $2,361,600 | $13,576,500 | $57,323,000 | $1,787,500 | $70,000,000 | $162,793,600 |
Lürssen 100m Custom at a glance
- Length overall
- 328 ft
- Engines
- 2 × MTU 20V 4000 diesel-electric
- Top speed
- 18 knots
- Guests
- 20 in 12 cabins
- Crew
- 35
- Class
- Megayacht
Where the money goes
The strongest retention in yachting, for the same reason Feadship holds: a Lürssen hull is a known quantity decades on and the yard supports its own refits. Berths that can physically take 100 metres are scarce enough to be a constraint on where the yacht can go.
| Crew35 full-time, including 30% overhead | $3,549,000 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance & refit reserve3.8% of hull value | $12,369,000 |
| Dockage328 ft at $120/ft/month, year-round | $472,320 |
| Insurance0.90% of hull value | $2,929,500 |
| Fuel250 hrs at 260 gal/hr | $357,500 |
| Running cost per yearBefore depreciation | $19,677,320 |
Depreciation curve
From $350,000,000 over five years.
Depreciation over five years totals $70,000,000 — 43% of the all-in cost of ownership.
Lürssen 100m Custom — common questions
- How much does it cost to run a Lürssen 100m Custom per year?
- Excluding depreciation, roughly $19,677,320 per year — about 5.6% of the $350,000,000 purchase price, against the industry rule of thumb of 10%. That breaks down as approximately $3,549,000 crew, $472,320 dockage, $2,929,500 insurance, $12,369,000 maintenance and refit reserve, and $357,500 fuel at 250 engine hours.
- What is the true cost of owning a Lürssen 100m Custom?
- Including depreciation, the Lürssen 100m Custom is modeled at about $32,558,720 per year over five years — roughly $2,713,227 per month. Depreciation alone accounts for 43% of that, which is why the purchase price is the smaller half of the decision.
- Is it cheaper to charter a Lürssen 100m Custom than own one?
- At 6 weeks aboard per year, chartering is substantially cheaper. A comparable charter runs about $2,130,000 per week including APA and extras, so 6 weeks costs roughly $12,780,000 against $32,558,720 to own. Ownership only wins beyond about 16 weeks aboard per year.
- How much does a Lürssen 100m Custom depreciate?
- The Lürssen 100m Custom is modeled to retain about 86% of its value after three years and 80% after five — a loss of roughly $70,000,000 over the five-year hold. The strongest retention in yachting, for the same reason Feadship holds: a Lürssen hull is a known quantity decades on and the yard supports its own refits. Berths that can physically take 100 metres are scarce enough to be a constraint on where the yacht can go.
- How many crew does a Lürssen 100m Custom need?
- Approximately 35 full-time crew. At an average salary of $78,000 plus payroll taxes, insurance, training, and provisioning, that is about $3,549,000 per year — 18% of the total running cost.
Compare with
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90m Custom
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- Price
- $275,000,000
- Running cost / yr
- $16,043,275
- Charter / week
- $1,200,000
Feadship
50m Custom
164 ft · 12 guests · 14 crew
- Price
- $68,000,000
- Running cost / yr
- $4,731,554
- Charter / week
- $480,000
Amels
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- Price
- $52,000,000
- Running cost / yr
- $4,151,250
- Charter / week
- $420,000
Benetti
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- Price
- $29,500,000
- Running cost / yr
- $2,446,374
- Charter / week
- $260,000
Path to own
How long until you can own this?
Carrying a Lürssen 100m Custom costs about $4,156,496 a month once finance and running costs are combined — implying roughly $16,625,983 of net monthly income at 25% of net monthly income, plus $70,000,000 up front. Enter your own figures to see which of those two is actually your constraint, and when it clears.
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