Show HN: I built a tool to calculate the True Cost of Ownership (TCO) for yachts(yachtvaluereport.com)
yachtvaluereport.com
Show HN: I built a tool to calculate the True Cost of Ownership (TCO) for yachts
https://yachtvaluereport.com/
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Hey HN,
I recently launched YachtVest (hosted at yachtvaluereport.com) to bring financial rigor to an industry that is notoriously emotional and opaque: superyacht acquisitions.
Buying a vessel is often treated like buying a very expensive car, but financially, it behaves more like a complex depreciating asset with massive opex. I realized that while there are plenty of "Zillow for boats" listings sites, there wasn't a "Bloomberg Terminal" for analyzing the asset itself.
What it does:
Depreciation Modeling: We use historical data from ~15,000 sales to project value curves 5 years out.
True Cost of Ownership (TCO): A calculator that includes the stuff brokers often gloss over—slip fees, crew salaries, insurance, and fuel consumption curves.
Risk Detection: We use AI to scan owner forums and service bulletins to flag model-specific issues (e.g., "known hull delamination issues on 2019 models").
That's not what TCO generally stands for (Total Cost of Ownership)[0], but also it's not the H1/Title of the page: The Standard for Yacht Value Reports
[0]: https://www.acronymfinder.com/TCO.html
[0]: https://www.acronymfinder.com/TCO.html
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