Calypso, a 62m Amels, cuts to EUR 29.5m from EUR 40m in 2023
The cut, and the one before it
On 22 July the asking price on the 62-metre Amels Calypso came down from EUR 35,900,000 to EUR 29,500,000, a reduction of EUR 6.4m. Y.CO holds the central agency and Jonathan Zwaans is the listing broker. The same yacht was asking EUR 40m when she was brought to market in September 2023, so the published price has fallen by EUR 10.5m, just over a quarter, in under three years.
Nothing about the yacht has got worse in that time. She had completed her 20-year survey and a repaint before the 2023 listing, and she went through a further refit in 2023. This is a pricing gap rather than a condition gap, and it is the kind of number an owner reaches for when setting a reserve on their own boat.
What EUR 29.5m now buys at 62 metres
Calypso was delivered by Amels in 2003 as Solemar, with exterior styling and interiors by Michael Leach and naval architecture by the yard. She measures 61.5 metres and 1,149 GT, and sleeps 18 guests in seven cabins with room for 15 crew. The centrepiece is a full-beam master suite spread over two levels, a layout that is hard to buy new without going a good deal past 70 metres.
Twin Caterpillar diesels of roughly 2,600hp each give 18 knots at the top and about 14.5 knots in cruise. She was refitted in 2017 and again in 2023, and the 2017 job was nominated for Best Refit at the International Superyacht Society awards. Two rounds of yard money have already been spent by somebody else, which is worth counting against the price.
The read for anyone holding a 20-year-old 60m
The large end of the brokerage market has been busy this year, but much of the activity sits at the new end. A 2003 hull is competing against near-new steel: Sanlorenzo's 62-metre Alchemist, delivered in 2022, listed in July at EUR 64m, and the 61.5-metre Lemon Tree of 2021 came to Burgess at EUR 62m in the same month. A 2003 build date has to open a gap wide enough for a buyer to accept it.
The arithmetic is the useful part. Volume, a strong master suite and a documented refit history all hold their value, but on this evidence a 2003 build date at 60 metres is now worth roughly a quarter off a 2023 ask. The seller who moves first also sets the comparison for everyone who lists behind them.