Talking to Rory Trahair at Edmiston & Company, I’m told that Chris Cecil-Wright has signed a joint central agency, with Merle Wood and Peter Croke of Merle Wood & Associates, for the sale of Feadship’s 65m Trident. Just launched from the Van Lent yard, she features a Donald Starkey interior and accommodates 14 guests in ... Read more

More news arrives from the hyperactive Peter Thompson in the UK office of Ocean Independence as he signs Heesen’s 40.2m Mirage for sale. Built in 1992, she sleeps 10 guests in five cabins and she’s one fast boat, with her triple waterjets capable of cruising at 35 knots, while her maximum speed is 45 knots. ... Read more

News just in from Simon Goldsworthy in the London office of Camper & Nicholsons, that the owner of Trehard’s 27.1m sailing yacht PK Boo II wants to move up and will accept a reasonable offer on the yacht, currently asking €1.75 million. Built in 1982 and fresh from a very extensive refit, she’s now unrecognisable ... Read more

Stefanie Alsdorf of Dahm International writes in to say that Palma-based broker Captain Alexander Reinsch has signed a joint central agency, with Camper and Nicholsons International, for the sale of Royal Denship’s 33.3m sailing yacht Fidel. Delivered in December 2001, and extensively refitted in 2005, Fidel has a Francois Zuretti interior accommodating six guests and ... Read more

Luca Pedol of Nauta Yachts writes in to advise that the price of the 29m Farr-Nauta sailing yacht Dharma has been reduced by €500,000 and is now asking €5 million. An ideal yacht both for sailing performance and comfort, her powerful sloop rigged sail plan and hull lines are by Farr Yacht Design, while Nauta ... Read more

I call Bernard Gallay of Bernard Gallay Yacht Brokerage to check on the status of the MCat 88 motor catamaran Bradley and he tells me that the owner is very keen to sell and wants to move on. Built by H2X Yachts and Ships with a full builder’s warranty, she is now offered at €5.6 ... Read more

I learn that Tomaso Polli in the London office of Edmiston & Company has signed Cantieri Navali Lavagna’s 31.6m PAB as a central agency for sale. Built for the founder of luxury furnishings company B&B Italia in 2003 and refitted in 2007, she accommodates eight guests and has a maximum speed of 29 knots. Her ... Read more

News of another price reduction is just in, as Jon Motta and Jim Eden of International Yacht Collection send word that their joint central agency for sale, Westport’s 34.1m Lucky Seven has had a price cut of $1 million. Built in 2002, she sleeps eight guests in three doubles and a twin cabin and cruises ... Read more

Miriam Cain of Camper & Nicholsons writes in to say that the latest issue of RADAR is now available online and, as usual, it’s full of fascinating information, including another piece of market analysis by Marketing Director, Laurent Perignon, as he examines the sale and charter markets in 2008. According to Laurent, the number of ... Read more

News just in from Noel Vawter at International Yacht Collection that the price of Trinity’s 38.4m Dorothy Ann has been reduced by $400,000 to $7.95 million. Built in 2001, her Claudette Bonnville interior accommodates nine guests in four staterooms. To help prospective buyers make up their minds, she can be seen today, Thursday May 28, ... Read more