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
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