What she costs to keep
The romantic half of this coast is covered elsewhere. This is the other one: where a boat sleeps, what comes off her every spring, and what a fortnight out of the water actually involves.
A tenth of her value a year is the figure people repeat on the quay. What moves inside that figure is the berth and the yard bill.
- 01
A Göcek pontoon against a town quay
What a marina berth buys that a town quay does not, and the gap between the two prices across a season.
- 02
Lift-out, and the fortnight ashore
The travel lift, the pressure wash, the blocks and the two weeks of work that only happen when the boat is out of the water.
- 03
Antifouling, and how often
Why the interval is set by the water rather than the paint, and what growth actually does to a hull's speed.
- 04
Charter arithmetic, until it doesn't
Chartering beats ownership up to a certain number of weeks a year; the crossover is further out than most owners admit.
- 05
Winter, and what it costs to do nothing
A boat left alone still spends money: layup, cover, insurance, and the survey that decides the next year's premium.
