Feadship Hampshire sold as new-build backlog diverts buyers
A 66-metre Feadship changes hands
Hampshire, a 66.3-metre Feadship delivered in 2016 as Vanish, has been sold. Cecil Wright represented the seller, with founder Chris Cecil-Wright leading, and Andrew Bond of Edmiston introduced the buyer. The steel and aluminium yacht carries a complete design by the British studio Harrison Eidsgaard and was last asking 85 million euros with VAT paid. Under her new owner she has been renamed Anshin.
The final figure has not been disclosed, as is standard in brokerage. What Cecil Wright did make public is the condition of the boat. She returned to the market in September 2025 after an engineering reset and the completion of her 10-year Lloyd's survey at MB92 in Barcelona. That work, rather than a headline price cut, is what the broker put at the centre of the sale.
Why a completed survey did the selling
New-build order books at the leading Northern European yards now run years out, with prime delivery slots pushing toward the end of the decade. Cecil Wright framed Hampshire as the answer for a buyer who wants a proven hull without that wait. Chris Cecil-Wright said the ultimate luxury today is immediate access and certainty rather than customisation alone.
The completed class cycle is the crux of that argument. A finished 10-year survey removes the largest unknown in any older brokerage yacht, the risk of deferred engineering and structural work surfacing after purchase. Cecil Wright said the yacht gave the buyer the operational confidence and technical assurance of a new-build project, without the multi-year wait.
The read for owners and sellers
The sale lands in a strong brokerage year. Ocean Independence counted roughly 80 sales of yachts over 30 metres in the first quarter of 2026, worth close to 971 million euros, and market trackers note that vessels above 55 metres are generating more than 40 percent of total value while the 30-to-40-metre band does most of the volume. Hampshire sits at the top of that value-heavy tier.
For a seller of a quality Feadship in the 60-metre-plus class, the lesson is in the timing. Pairing a relist with a finished 10-year survey and an engineering reset let the yacht compete on certainty rather than discount. For a buyer, the deal shows what a fully surveyed, class-clear hull is now worth measured against a delivery slot several years away.