Adrien Camellini, Charter Fleet Manager at CSO Yachts, tells me that their new charter brochure was recently delivered and is also available to view online.
Published in English and French, it runs to some 160 pages and has a large landscape format to allow a better presentation of the superyachts featured with larger pictures. Apart from ... Read more

A call to Elisabeth Niek at CSO Yachts confirms that Claude Niek’s central listing, the sleek 39.6m motor yacht Lady Belmor, has had a price cut.
Lady Belmor was built by Italy’s CRN yard in 2009 to a Giovanni Zuccon exterior and interior design. RINA classed, this superyacht sleeps up to 12 guests in a master, two ... Read more

Claude Niek at CSO Yachts tells me that he’s signed the 25m Mangusta motor yacht Morfise for sale, asking €1.3 million.
Morfise was built by the Overmarine yard in 1998 and fully refitted in 2007, including new twin MTU 1850hp engines. MCA compliant, she’s been a very popular charter superyacht, sleeping six guests in a main ... Read more

Hanneke Maljaars at Oceanstyle sends news that the owner of Falcon’s 26m motor yacht Mandalau, a joint central with CSO Yachts, has dropped the price by a significant €300,000.
Delivered by the Italian yard in 2005 and MCA compliant, she comfortably accommodates eight guests in four cabins and her twin 2000hp MTU engines give her a ... Read more

If 2009 welcomed the New Year like the proverbial lamb, with only four yachts over 24 metres sold in January, it ended like a lion as no less than 30 superyachts roared off the sales books in December – a record for the year. The total value of sales for the month, by asking price, was ... Read more

Steve Ashford at CSO Yachts in Menorca, Spain, emails me to confirm that he’s signed the central agency for sale of the 26.4m motor yacht Michaello.
Delivered as recently as April 2009, she was built to Lloyds class and is MCA compliant with a flexible interior layout of master, double, two twins plus two double bunked ... Read more

A quick call to Claude Niek at CSO Yachts confirms that he’s just sold Cortenzo’s 26.22m motor yacht Familia to a direct client.
Delivered as recently as 2008, she’s RINA classed and MCA compliant, sleeping 10 guests in a master, two doubles and two twins. With a planing hull capable of cruising at 20 knots, she ... Read more

A call to Steve Ashford at CSO Yachts in Palma confirms that his central agency for sale, Falcon’s 26.09 motor yacht Mandalau, has been reduced in price.
Delivered in 2005, Mandalau’s twin MTU engines deliver a total 3,600hp, giving the luxury yacht a cruising speed of 24 knots. Mandalau’s four cabin layout sleeps eight guests in a ... Read more

On June 25th we reported that Claude Niek of CSO Yachts represented the buyer in the sale of Baglietto’s 43m superyacht Macalulu. Now Claude tells me that he’s been appointed the new owner’s representative as well, for the sale of the yacht, now renamed Le Yana.
Built in 2007 to ABS class and MCA compliant, Le ... Read more

A call to Claude Niek at CSO Yachts brings confirmation that prices on three of the superyachts in the company’s sales fleet have been reduced.
Firstly, the 39.09m Sensei, built by Mitsubishi in 1992 and refitted in 2007  accommodates 10 guests in three doubles and two twins and is down from €6.9 million to €6.5 million. Then there’s ... Read more