{"product_id":"annual-running-cost-model-pdf","title":"Annual Running Cost Model PDF — Your Invoices, the Cost per Hour \u0026 the Cost per Mile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMost owners can tell you the berth fee to the pound. Almost none can tell you what an hour costs.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNot because the sum is hard. Because the invoices live in six places, and the largest cost of all never arrives as an invoice at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a structure for your own paperwork and the arithmetic that turns it into figures nobody has about their own boat: cost per engine hour, cost per nautical mile, and cost per night aboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you receive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 22-page interactive running cost register and model\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA 20-line fixed ledger\u003c\/strong\u003e — berth, insurance, registration, finance, winter storage, subscriptions — the costs that land whether or not the boat leaves the berth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA 20-line variable ledger\u003c\/strong\u003e — fuel, harbour dues, consumables, servicing, replacements, and four lines at the foot for the thing that went wrong this year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn 18-line capital register\u003c\/strong\u003e for the major items whose life is being consumed right now, each with a replacement cost and the name of whoever gave you that life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA 12-entry usage record\u003c\/strong\u003e — engine hours, miles logged, days used and nights aboard: the denominator every model divides by\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA 14-category, five-year trend table\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a 16-line reconciliation of the three terms against last year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e6 calculation models\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003etwo files\u003c\/strong\u003e — A4 and US Letter, both fillable, both print-ready\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy there is no percentage rule in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will not find “budget a percentage of hull value per year” anywhere in these pages. That rule is the most quoted and least useful figure in boat ownership: it is indifferent to where the boat lies, what she is made of, how old her systems are, who does the work and how much she is used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo identical hulls in two countries do not cost the same to own. There are no average costs in this register either, for the same reason. Every figure in it is one you copied from a document you can produce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe cost everybody omits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rig that will need replacing, sails halfway through their life and an engine ageing towards an overhaul are all costs you are incurring this year, whether or not an invoice arrives this year. Part III records them; model C2 annualises them into the term that makes the total honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also the term that is always missing when an owner quotes a running cost — which is why quoted running costs are always cheerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe three figures that change the conversation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCost per engine hour.\u003c\/strong\u003e A boat used thirty hours a year and a boat used three hundred can carry identical invoices and be two entirely different propositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCost per nautical mile.\u003c\/strong\u003e Logged from the instrument, not from the plan — because the gap between miles intended and miles sailed is itself worth knowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCost per night aboard.\u003c\/strong\u003e The most uncomfortable number in boat ownership, and the most clarifying. It is not an argument against owning a boat. It is the figure that tells you whether the problem is the cost or the use, and those two have completely different solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAnd one comparison, using a rate you look up\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModel C6 divides the true annual cost by the daily rate to charter a comparable boat in your waters — a rate you look up and record with its source and date, because we publish none. The result is how many days of chartering your year costs. The honest answer for most owners is that the boat is worth keeping for reasons the model does not measure. It is still worth knowing the number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOwners who have just bought and want a baseline from year one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone weighing a larger boat, a different berth, or a different country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOwners preparing for a berth negotiation, an insurance renewal or a sale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuyers who have used the Boat Purchase Budget Worksheet and want the running-cost side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical specification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eProduct ID\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAML-OWN-2026-01\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExtent\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 pages · 7 parts · 6 reduction models\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegister lines\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e168 across basis, fixed, variable, capital, usage, trend and models\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eInteractivity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e862 live PDF form fields — 58 tick boxes and 804 entry fields\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormats included\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA4 and US Letter, both fillable and print-ready, 22 pages each\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVessels\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSail or power, any country — currency and financial year are yours to set\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eReusable\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne register per financial year; the trend table carries five of them\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOffline\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo app, no account, no connection required once downloaded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is not\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis document publishes no cost, rate, average or percentage, and contains no rule of thumb for what a vessel should cost to own. Every amount in it is one you transcribed from a document you hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe models perform arithmetic on figures you supply. They are not a valuation, a budget, a forecast, or financial, tax or accounting advice, and nothing in them determines whether any vessel is affordable or worth owning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstant download.\u003c\/strong\u003e Your links appear on screen the moment payment clears, and arrive by email within a minute. They do not expire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2026 Edition · Revision 1.0 · AML-OWN-2026-01. Apex Marine Labs designs the organisational process behind good seamanship. 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