Yacht timeshare

You buy a defined share of a specific boat through a co-ownership structure, typically a company that holds the boat with equity in proportion to each share. Your share gives you a set number of days, booked on a rolling calendar that rotates weekends, long weekends and the December–January peak fairly.

One annual management fee covers what keeps the boat legal, insured and seaworthy: berth, insurance, crew, cleaning, routine maintenance, and the monsoon layup and recommissioning. You arrive to a fuelled, crewed boat and pay only for that trip's fuel and catering.

The terms are often confused. Pure timeshare or club membership buys the right to use a boat for a set number of weeks, with no title or equity and usually no stake in its value at the end. It is the cheaper way in and suits someone who only wants guaranteed access.

Fractional ownership gives you legal title to a percentage of the boat as well as usage rights. When the boat is sold, typically after a five-to-seven-year term, you get your share of the proceeds. That is why it costs more upfront.

We default to fractional ownership, because clear title among co-owners of an Indian-registered boat avoids the ambiguity a usage-rights contract can create in a dispute. Club membership is available on request.

A 45–65 ft motor yacht owned outright commonly costs about ten percent of its value each year in berth, insurance, crew and upkeep, however often it sails. A 1/8th share needs a fraction of the capital and splits running costs eight ways, and its allocation covers two to three outings a month.

Chartering needs no capital, and works out cheaper than any ownership route below roughly 10 to 15 days a year. Past that, a share wins on cost per day and gives you the same boat each time.

Shares run from 1/16th to 1/4, with a hard cap on co-owners per boat so guaranteed days stay deliverable.

The boat has to suit several owners, so its choice matters more here. Motor yachts fit short outings with many guests. Catamarans fit longer trips and owners who want to helm between charters.

Every boat gets an independent marine survey before the syndicate forms, and we compare new and used on cost, depreciation and likely term. On a new import, duty and GST are added before shares are priced, so nobody finds out after signing.

A fixed fee, agreed before you buy in, covers what keeps the boat legal and ready. It doesn't cover what you consume on board.

People who want a specific boat on their own dates without sole ownership's cost and admin, and who go out about two or three times a month in season. Below that, chartering is cheaper and has no admin. Well above it, buying outright starts to make more sense.

Capital for the share, then a fixed annual contribution for berth, insurance, crew and scheduled maintenance. Fuel is billed on use. Unplanned repairs come from a reserve fund built into the annual figure from day one, so there are no surprise assessments.

A share is an asset. When you want out, at end of term or earlier, it is valued against market comparables and marketed to our buyers, with remaining owners getting first refusal.