These vids are absolutely great. Especially considering it's an opinion from a boat marketing industry professional. Anyone in the market for motor yachts will Love it! Thanks!

Of all the people who review boats online, you are by far the most honest and critical. Helps that you're hilarious as well. Keep it up.

Unfortunately in the real world the depreciation is far greater than that, I was the skipper of a brand new Princess 65 flybridge yacht which cost us £1.1m and it arrived from the factory with 168 faults which took princess 3 years to put right. At the end of 3 years the boat was perfect and we sold her for £550,000. The owner had about 60 nights on board in all that time. They really are a huge hole in the water to throw your money into, but fabulous fun.

Love all the information, presented in a very likeable manner! For a man who lives the furthest from the water in Northants I love to see all of your content, keep up the great work 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Excellent video. Covers everything, from a tour of the boat, to the specs, and love the summary of costs at the end. Thank you! Hello from Canada!

Really interesting, very well presented and easy to understand. Thank you James!

Again a demonstration that honesty is the best policy. This exercise shows your integrity. Thank you.

Lovely tour, James. Thank you.

Love all your videos. No BS and straight to the point. Thank you.

Lovely boat James. The tour was as indepth as always. The salon is very spacious but the flybridge is awesome. The highlight of the tour was the breakdown of costing. Very seldom talked about, (almost never). Appreciate the info and tour, Thanks. Cheers

Love the content! Keep it up, please could you do some more videos of taking different boats out on the water for a spin, I remember a few months back you took one up the river for a spin that was great! Thanks

"This is a straight line curve" ..... Priceless - keep the vids coming

Another informative tour James as always, it was both humorous and serious floss test and "shout" Windows included! It was nice of you to include the full cost of running a boat, not often seen by other yacht brokers James, must be a "first!"

Thank you so much, really good video and answered a lot of questions for me personally. Like a lot of posters here are saying “if I had the money, I would buy a boat from you” you are searing honest 😀

Thank for sharing James. Cost information was helpful and tour was fantastic loved the little bed roll in the master

Just stumbled across this channel/video. Never seen a walk-though of a boat where a "floss-test" is done. I'm sold. Subbed. Also you are very funny and enjoyable to watch and listen too. Keep it up. :)

Love of mad socks, yachts, and mysterious shrinking jeans... kindered spirit there.

I love the lighthearted fun way you do your vids, look forward to your next one, and watch your toes....

This 60 and the 56 are by a absolute country mile the best value on the market for a family owner run boat! When you look at today's new boat prices this 60 and 56 are an absolute bargain! Both have kitchen and separate dianette plus a large saloon without it used as dinning like newer models that don't have a separate dianette seating! 3 great sized cabins beautifully crafted fast top speed if needed and fantastic outdoor space for summer! You can get into almost every marina! A lot of people don't realize A lot of marinas won't accept any boat over 60 feet! Princess boats don't age in the looks they are modern and elegant and timeless! Great video happy sailing all!! 🛥⚓and God bless all 🙏❤

Brilliant James.... so informative... 2nd viewing.... watched the first view whilst travelling home from work in a taxi LOL.... Thanks for taking the time to make these really great Vlogs.... what can I say :) As everyone, looking forward to the next Vid !! (know how much time and effort is put into making these vlogs) best regards to you and the family. Have to agree with a vlog below... you are so honest and yet critical in an amazing acceptable professional way..... :)

beautiful! great to see the actual costs. thanks for that

Probably one of the most entertaining and yacht broker videos I’ve seen. Good job

We still have a Princess 420 (several refurbs and tech updates in) and it's a great boat.

ROFLOL. The "Floss" test. Loved the demonstration. I'll have to remember that, if I ever get opportunity to purchase.

Brilliant vid as usual and the costs made me laugh in disbelief but also in admiration for those that can own this 👏👏👍❤️🇬🇧

Love your out takes at the end James 😂

Can’t believe I’ve only just found this channel…. So glad I did! Been looking for a comprehensive view on costs of one of these boats for ages! So the 8-10% of boat value, which a lot of people mention seems true in this case. Here’s a question, which boats generally have the lowest % (of total value) running cost

Great explination and socks James, i cant wait to get back out onto the water this summer.

Absolutely great explanations.

James thank you for being so transparent very interesting video's.

Another top video James! I have to admit I’ve become addicted to your videos! Superb socks this time! I don’t think this would fit in Tollesbury Marina. All I need is a Riva Aquarama. That’ll do me!

Thank you for the video. Subscribed thanks to the costs you worked out.

Great Video and Great job explaining some of the costs, which I should point out are subjective. Obviously the fuel costs you mentioned would vary depending on how much cruising one does in a year. If you pay cash which I'm sure some people can do, then the financing and interest normally attached to it would be void. In North America as I am then berthing could be cheaper depending on the location and the Marina. Again some people might be berthing their yacht at their home which is located on the water front. Insurance I assume would also depend on whether you are a seasoned boater or new to the market. Having said all that I did like the fact that you gave your best attempt to make people more aware what the costs of ownership really are. Some things which I always look for which I think you didn't mention is; What is the beam length? What size is the black water and fresh water tanks. What is the cost of pumping out the black water tank? Thanks

you’re underrated. I love your videos, sometimes funny 😆.

This is a great cost break down, helps give an idea.

VERY helpful video; thanks!

Good Video. Slightly alarmed when I saw the socks but other than that, great video as always

You are a funny man, in the best sense. Great information. Please keep the roll across the bed in each video... very James Bond!! From a glum overcast Sydney.

very good detail and funny too. keep it up.

Really grateful for showing us running costs, definitely rules me out of “ever” owning a boat of this stature, unless I win the lottery.

Subscribed as you asked so nicely 😀 I came here after watching one of Nick’s videos

We watch cus it's bloody interesting 😂😂😂.. great tour and a lovely boat .. 😁👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Thanks for all the finance details! Note to Princess: Rounded Corners on the Fridge hahah

Excellent video. Adding the informative stuff to the tours is really helpful. With a boat of that size in the south of the uk, how easy is it to travel around and find available visitor moorings in marinas at fairly short notice in the summer months (April to Sep)? Eg when deciding on a whim to have a few nights away. Cheers

Love the videos! Can you do one of these videos factoring in charter income please?

this is so good and we all need to know the cost its not boring your the best

Very fair explanation and well explained but maintenance would be more like 20-30 not 10 , really enjoyed this video

You only told me what I already know: I will never be able to own a yacht. Yet I thank you for this video :)

This was amazing an you was very funny. Have a new subscriber

BTW the costing and comedy outtake were brilliantly simple 🎖🥇🎖

19k subs. Wtf? You are great. Good job! Keep it up. Love the videos from BC Canada!!

Cool video, cool boat. I would not be able to live with a microwave down below like that though. 4:29 lol, luckily this will never be an issue for me.

Great job and thank you so much

Such an elegant camo-roll across the master bed 🤣

Great vid!

Great video love looking round these boats, never be able to afford one this luxurious, so nice just seeing them from the videos you produce. What are the best finance companies to use and do they always ask for 30% even on a boat that cost around £50k. If you can let me know much appreciated

excellent! So a $3M boat with a crew of 3... probably around 10%, 350-400k/yr... depending on how many engine hours and mooring costs, full time or part time crew...

Love it. Love your presentation style. The different air conditioning / heating controls were confusing the hell out of me. How would you know which one to use. Would one system supersede the others or are they used in tandem?

Excellent, most informed and concise. Am a bit worried as to where to obtain one of those "straight line curve" however. Lol😁👍

thanks for the vids. any idea about how much to ship a 60 foot princess to ft. lauderdale? is the air conditioning suitable for tropical climates such as bahamas? thanks so much!

Very useful info. The correct calculation of the cost is £146,000 per annum.

Nice one James. I've yet to see a crew quarters I'd happily use. Are there any nice ones? Also are they an option could the space be used for anything else, interesting, other than fenders and ropes

Could you please include the cost of a captain next time . Thanks very informative

Just subscribed because I'm considering buying a boat. You've shocked me with the annual running costs. I'm going to need to halve everything to afford to get on the water. Smaller boat & no finance for starters.

That's a great video Would you be able to do something similar on a entry level used boat. From about 40k?

Hi James, great video and fantastic boat. Need to win the lotto first then I'll be down lol 😆. I know you do the sale's of boat, would like to ask on the RYA training for a boat that size? Look around and I found different information on Internet, a bit confusing. Hope you help. Thanks

Great video Thanks

good video....funny man...keep up the good work👍👍👍👍👍

Appreciate the breakdown. I assume going slower (displacement speed) would be less savage on fuel but in the big picture wouldn’t make much difference. Cheers

Great video. Ive never seen a video talking about the costs in such detail. We all hear the silly figures of superyachts, so to see figures for 60ft boats is realistic. Out of interest, what is the ratio of your customers who buy in cash vs finance to purchase a typical 60ft Princess?

Love the video as great insight in to my lottery win purchases when it happens, you scared me at costs though 😂

Wonderful video! Would you happen to have fuel mileage if most of the traveling was done at displacement speeds? I'm guessing 8-12 knots for a boat like that, correct? I know that this type of boat is designed to cruise on plane, but for coastal cruising such as on the east coast of the US, many times it's more about the journey than the destination, so speed isn't really a factor except in cases of emergency or outrunning a storm. Thank you!

Great video, I especially appreciate the cost calcs, although I think you left some major items out, such as the cost of supplies and food, crew costs if any, etc. Could you add them here or edit the video and add them in it? PS I was a professor of Naval Arch for 38 years (now an Emeritus prof) and taught these cost calcs all the time.

Great rundown of costs, great video as always….one question, do you get a lot of lottery winners buying boats/yachts outright? Or does everyone who buys a boat/yacht use finance?

What a great video. Subscribed.

thank you for the cost esimate

Thank you for such a detailed video, most guys miss the financial part😂

I was looking to upgrade my yacht but now I think I should just sell it and be done with yachting. I know my costs are high but never did the math.

The boatyards I work in, (or river) most just get red diesel delivered which costs between £0.90p to £1.25 a litter depending on how much you buy etc, But with the reforms now on when you get it delivered or from a fuel barge etc, you will need to get a duty rebate of 46.81PPL making diesel around £1.20LT.

Awesome video earned a subscribe thank you so much is this boat for sale?

Thanks, great video. A couple of questions for anyone who knows: Would the generator fuel cost just be part of the general fuel cost? (I guess compared with the main engines, the generator fuel cost is just 'noise'). Do the berthing costs include electricity supplied from the marina?

Great video - very informative. Thanks for inviting questions - I am assuming this price includes VAT, since it's second hand. Would I need to pay VAT again in the EU (I'm from Malta), if I were to buy this boat (or any other secondhand boat registered in the UK? Also, what about for a new boat (made in the UK e.g. Princess, Fairline, etc. , would I just pay VAT in the EU and not the UK? Thanks - keep up the great videos.

Excellent video. Subscribed 👍

Hi! Iam super interessted in a testdrive-video of the new beneteau grand trawler 62. are planning to do a testdrive-video? cheers

What is the Draft ? Could you do the great loop ?

Beautiful boat,love that extra storage instead of the useless sofa. Great tour, 8.5 for the roll in the master-execution was perfect but the finish was awful!

James, loved the video. Completely unrelated, but which boat 30 - 45ft would you recommend as a first flybridge ? Thanks

If you ever have a Numarine 52 Sport let me know

Top video! Thanks for sharing this elusive lifestyle to a dreamer as myself. If only I could manifest a couple mil, I'd come shake your hand on a deal while comparing socks, Cheers!

This will be a lovely(depreciated) boat in about 7yrs

Hi James - what would the costs be if it was bought new - would the costs be lower ? Do manufacturers include service plans etc ?

My friend used to work on a super yacht as an engineer. Forget capital which isn't great as an average a boat costs 10% of it's cost per year to run the boat. So a £20m boat is £2m.

Personally, speaking, I would purchase the boat with cash That way you can save on interest, and any banking charges you would have to go through. I usually have a philosophy and that is if you can afford the price of the boat all of the other stuff that you have to go through is easy. It’s when you gotta ask questions on how much things cost then you’re gonna have to step back and look at your financial picture in a bigger perspective before committing into purchasing something like this. I had boats before and let me tell you from experience they are money pits they can be if you buy brand new, not so much for the first couple of years and depending on how much you would utilize the boat but after that, they can get to be expensive some people would be categorized as more money than brains. that’s why I would purchase things like that because I don’t worry about the cost of keeping a boat that size. And also personally, I wouldn’t have a crew for a boat that size. I would operate the boat myself with my family. 😎

So it's about 10% Runnings of boat price. As for £60k capital usually is a lowercapital repayment in years 1 to 4 and higher interest, but depending on the rate you should be able to work the sweet spot which gives you the optimum time upgrade. It would be good to work with customers to find the right time. Also helps you market products to maximise your and your customers best options.

Do you ever come across any American boats for sale that are wired for 110v? Have you ever converted a boat from 220v to 110v, say if an American wanted to buy a boat in the UK that's only manufactured in the UK? Seems as there are more channels in the UK focused on boating than there are in the US. I have fallen in love with many of the boats shown however, they are not available, in the US. It's such a shame. So I'm curious if anyone has ever made the switch from a UK powered boat to one that will operate in the US. Thank you for the videos, I do really enjoy them. The socks are a nice touch :)

Nice channel, like it

Love your videos. Just wish your camera man would adjust and focus the video by taping the screen It’s often very over exposed and all Thays showing is white glare

Very informative video and great to see the costs, but a little underwhelmed by what you get for north of £1m s/h - the living areas were not particularly impressive or characterful imho.

Hope you haven't hurt yourself too badly. I did laugh though, just as funny as the engine room ladder. Thank you for an interesting video.

the out take was priceless spat my wine out pmsl