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You own the yacht and Croatia Yachting runs it as a charter vessel. We market it, take the bookings, handle the guests at check-in and check-out, and do the paperwork that a commercial vessel needs. You receive a share of the charter income and cover the running costs of the boat.

The split is stated per model rather than fleet-wide, because it genuinely differs: our Hanse and Bali projections give the owner 65% of the net charter income, and our Sealine motor yachts 70%. Every figure we show you comes from the projection document for that specific model, not from an average.

The owner carries the costs of owning a boat: the berth, full casco insurance including loss of profit, the annual service and maintenance, antifouling and polishing, the travel lift and winter storage, certificates and registration, and the charter equipment that gets used up.

Croatia Yachting carries the cost of filling the season: marketing and boat presentation, commission to booking agents, the office work, preparing the boat for each charter, and looking after the guests.

Up to ten weeks a year. Three of them can be in July and August, and no more than three can run consecutively, so the boat is never off the market for a month in the middle of the season.

Those are the working limits rather than a rule we hold anybody to. Owners have families, weddings and weather, and we agree the weeks with each owner rather than issuing an allocation. If what you want does not fit the shape above, say so and we will look at it.

It is worth knowing what each week costs you. A week in late July earns several times what the same week earns in May, so keeping your ten weeks at the shoulders of the season rather than in its middle changes the year substantially.

Our sailing yacht and catamaran projections are built on 18 to 22 charter weeks, with 20 as the expected figure. Motor yachts charter a shorter season, typically 12 to 16 weeks, and smaller ones less again.

The season runs roughly from the second half of April to late October. July and early August are booked first and at the highest rates, and a boat that misses those weeks does not make them up in September.

A new boat charters at a higher weekly rate, comes with a warranty, and needs less unplanned work in its first seasons. A pre-owned one costs substantially less to buy, and the gap in purchase price is usually larger than the gap in charter income.

We keep separate projections for both, from separate documents, precisely because the answer is not obvious. A pre-owned Hanse 510 from 2023 and a 2025 one differ by about 20% in weekly rate, which is a smaller difference than their prices suggest.

Croatia Yachting operates from six bases on the Adriatic: Kaštela, Trogir, Šibenik, Biograd, Sukošan and Dubrovnik. Your yacht is based at one of them and chartered from there.

The base affects the numbers in both directions. Berth costs differ between marinas, and so does demand, so the same model can return more from a cheaper base than from a busier one. We can show you the figures for a specific base rather than an average.

Yes, and most of our owners do finance part of the purchase. Croatian marine leasing is the usual route, and the configurator lets you model a deposit, a term and an interest rate so you can see the monthly payment beside the projected charter income.

The rate you are actually offered depends on your own circumstances and on the bank, so treat any rate in the tool as a planning figure until you have an offer in writing.

The yacht is yours throughout, so the decision at the end is yours: keep it and use it privately, keep it in charter, or sell it. Our seven-year plans assume a residual value around 60% of the purchase price, which is a planning assumption rather than a valuation.

Catamarans have held their value better than sailing or motor yachts in this market, and a boat that has been maintained on a documented schedule sells better than one that has not.

A yacht bought for commercial charter is treated differently from one bought privately, and buying through a company changes both the VAT position and how the income is taxed. It is one of the larger factors in the whole decision.

It is also the one we will not answer on a web page. The right answer depends on where you are resident, how you intend to use the boat, and your own tax position, so we go through it with you and your accountant rather than guessing here.

They come from Croatia Yachting income and cost projections for that specific model, prepared from our own operating data, and the tool reproduces the figures printed on those documents rather than estimating from a formula. Where we have no projection for a model, the tool shows you no figures rather than a guess.

They are still indicative. Charter revenue moves with demand, discounts and the weather, and costs move with marina prices and insurance. They are a planning aid, not an offer and not a promise of income.