Wally · Superyacht
Wally WHY200 Cost of Ownership
Wally's uncompromising design language applied to a motor yacht — as close to a piece of architecture as boats get.
Purchase price
$23,000,000
88 ft
Running cost / year
$1,896,245
8.2% of price
All-in per year
$3,499,437
Including depreciation
Charter instead
$234,300
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 WHY200
Pre-filled with Wally WHY200 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.
Wally WHY200 — annual running cost
$1,896,245
per year before depreciation
8.2% of purchase price — the 10% rule check
- Crew22%$416,000
- Maintenance & refit56%$1,062,600
- Dockage3%$63,360
- Insurance13%$251,160
- Fuel5%$103,125
First-year running costs, excluding depreciation.
Value falls to $14,030,000
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 | $416,000 | $63,360 | $251,160 | $1,062,600 | $103,125 | $3,680,000 | $5,576,245 |
| Year 2 | $416,000 | $63,360 | $230,230 | $974,050 | $103,125 | $1,610,000 | $3,396,765 |
| Year 3 | $416,000 | $63,360 | $212,290 | $898,150 | $103,125 | $1,380,000 | $3,072,925 |
| Year 4 | $416,000 | $63,360 | $197,340 | $834,900 | $103,125 | $1,150,000 | $2,764,725 |
| Year 5 | $416,000 | $63,360 | $182,390 | $771,650 | $103,125 | $1,150,000 | $2,686,525 |
| Total | $2,080,000 | $316,800 | $1,073,410 | $4,541,350 | $515,625 | $8,970,000 | $17,497,185 |
Wally WHY200 at a glance
- Length overall
- 88 ft
- Engines
- 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M86
- Top speed
- 22 knots
- Guests
- 8 in 4 cabins
- Crew
- 5
- Class
- Superyacht
Where the money goes
Strongly styled boats have a narrower buyer pool at resale. Wally's following is devoted but small, which cuts both ways on time-to-sell.
| Crew5 full-time, including 30% overhead | $416,000 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance & refit reserve5.5% of hull value | $1,062,600 |
| Dockage88 ft at $60/ft/month, year-round | $63,360 |
| Insurance1.30% of hull value | $251,160 |
| Fuel250 hrs at 75 gal/hr | $103,125 |
| Running cost per yearBefore depreciation | $1,896,245 |
Depreciation curve
From $23,000,000 over five years.
Depreciation over five years totals $8,970,000 — 51% of the all-in cost of ownership.
Wally WHY200 — common questions
- How much does it cost to run a Wally WHY200 per year?
- Excluding depreciation, roughly $1,896,245 per year — about 8.2% of the $23,000,000 purchase price, against the industry rule of thumb of 10%. That breaks down as approximately $416,000 crew, $63,360 dockage, $251,160 insurance, $1,062,600 maintenance and refit reserve, and $103,125 fuel at 250 engine hours.
- What is the true cost of owning a Wally WHY200?
- Including depreciation, the Wally WHY200 is modeled at about $3,499,437 per year over five years — roughly $291,620 per month. Depreciation alone accounts for 51% of that, which is why the purchase price is the smaller half of the decision.
- Is it cheaper to charter a Wally WHY200 than own one?
- At 6 weeks aboard per year, chartering is substantially cheaper. A comparable charter runs about $234,300 per week including APA and extras, so 6 weeks costs roughly $1,405,800 against $3,499,437 to own. Ownership only wins beyond about 15 weeks aboard per year.
- How much does a Wally WHY200 depreciate?
- The Wally WHY200 is modeled to retain about 71% of its value after three years and 61% after five — a loss of roughly $8,970,000 over the five-year hold. Strongly styled boats have a narrower buyer pool at resale. Wally's following is devoted but small, which cuts both ways on time-to-sell.
- How many crew does a Wally WHY200 need?
- Approximately 5 full-time crew. At an average salary of $64,000 plus payroll taxes, insurance, training, and provisioning, that is about $416,000 per year — 22% of the total running cost.
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Path to own
How long until you can own this?
Carrying a Wally WHY200 costs about $323,405 a month once finance and running costs are combined — implying roughly $1,293,619 of net monthly income at 25% of net monthly income, plus $4,600,000 up front. Enter your own figures to see which of those two is actually your constraint, and when it clears.
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