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Add up the cash needed to start

Separate upfront cash, other opening costs and reserve assumptions, keeping blank costs unresolved and borrowed principal distinct from cash needed now.

USE YOUR FIGURES OR A MADE-UP EXAMPLE

Build this scenario for one role and service. Choose the boat or work arrangement, enter cash costs before opening, then the bills and reserve period you want to explore. Keep quotes, estimates and missing amounts in your own notes so the figures stay attached to the same plan.

A down payment is the part you pay up front. Principal is the money borrowed. A reserve is cash kept for future bills and disruption.

Blank optional costs remain unknown and make the result partial; enter 0 only for a confirmed absence of cost. For example, a survey amount can leave separate machinery checks or repairs unpriced. The example and preset reserve/scenario values are editable teaching assumptions, not quotes or recommended amounts.

How to keep your work

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01 / How you plan to start

Boat and work arrangementHow the boat or business purchase is paid forPurchase price (USD)Down payment (USD)Fees added to the loan (USD)These fees increase the loan principal. Keep fees paid in cash on the appropriate opening-cost line instead; do not count the same fee in both places.

How the result is worked out, and what is missing

Upfront boat or business payment is the purchase price for a cash purchase, or down payment for a financed purchase. Principal = price − down payment + financed fees. Launch cash = vessel cash + entered cash costs. Reserve = monthly recurring cash × chosen months. The total cash requirement adds reserve. The funding gap is any shortfall after subtracting the cash you said was available for this plan.

Blank optional costs are excluded from the known subtotal and listed as unresolved. A zero entered by you means confirmed none. No calculation certifies that all necessary costs were identified. Prepaid insurance is included once in pre-trip cash; exclude it from recurring cash until another payment is due. Taxes, owner work, permit prices and deductibles need your actual assumptions.

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