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

Jeff Stanley of Gilman Yachts sends word that the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show resulted in the sale of West Bay’s 28m cockpit motor yacht Whitney B, with Claude Racine of Westport Yacht Sales introducing the buyer.
Built in 2003, she was recently redesigned to offer three staterooms with a new sitting room/library adjoining the master suite. ... Read more

Michael Rafferty of Camper & Nicholsons gives me the welcome news that he represented the buyer in the recent sale of Feadship’s 33.68m superyacht Nepenthe, with Wayne Cannava of Gilman Yachts acting for the seller.
Built by the De Vries yard in 1987 as Roverling and refitted in 2007, the superyacht sleeps up to eight guests in a master, double ... Read more

I hear from Jeff Stanley of Gilman Yachts in Fort Lauderdale that his colleague Wayne Cannava has signed the central agency for sale of Feadship’s 30.4m classic raised pilothouse megayacht Nepenthe. Launched by the De Vries yard in 1987 as Roverling, she has a steel hull, three guest suites and a convertible study on the ... Read more

Jeff Stanley of Gilman Yachts in Fort Lauderdale emails me over the weekend to say that there’s been a significant price cut on Horizon’s 33.5m Destiny. The yacht has a two level master stateroom forward on the main deck plus three other guest suites including a full width VIP. She boasts a huge covered flybridge ... Read more

Following the news in this column on May 8th that the price of Horizon’s 24.99m Ellen Louise had been reduced by $100,000, I hear one of those rumours that prompts me to call Jim Wallace at Fraser Yachts in Fort Lauderdale who confirms that he finalised her sale on the morning of Friday, July 10th. ... Read more

More good news as Jeff Stanley, Managing Partner of Gilman Yachts of Fort Lauderdale, calls to report today’s sale of Horizon’s 26.21m Xanadu. Built in 2006/2007 and thought by many to be the nicest of the 82′ series, her four suite interior arrangement was highly customised and has a colourful Dawn Moffitt interior. Xanadu was on ... Read more

Jeff Stanley of Gilman Yachts in Fort Lauderdale contacts me to say that he’s offering a 31.39m Johnson 103 for sale. Built in 2008 and delivered in 2009, her owner unfortunately died during construction and his estate is selling the boat in as-new condition and unnamed. She has two full masters, one on deck which ... Read more