07-Oct-09
September saw a number of 2009 brokerage sales records broken, with 24 superyachts reported sold at asking prices totalling nearly €374 million. This was well above the combined total of July and August of €340 million and, indeed, the first four months of the year when, between January and the end of April, yachts at ... Read more
09-Sep-09
A call to Darren Gardner at JD Yachts in Weymouth, England, reveals that he’s just sold his central agency, Under The Sun, a 24.99m Elegance 82. Darren tells me that, “The deal took just 16 days to complete.”
Built in 2001 by Horizon-Drettmann, she is MCA compliant and accommodates eight guests in a master, VIP and two ... Read more
02-Jul-09
Sue Grant of Berthon International contacts me to describe how her company is trying “to bring certainty to a challenging market” by introducing a method of sealed bid tender. In this system yacht purchasers have the opportunity to have full disclosure on the yacht offered including full survey and title checks. In addition, the yacht is offered ... Read more
