Image, experience, outstanding quality and excellent sailing performance geared primarily toward long passages – these are the aspects that define an Oyster yacht. It's no wonder that these comfortable and comparatively fast boats are described as the "best bluewater yacht in the world". At Boat24 you'll find an exceptionally large selection of these sought-after yachts.
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The "very British" bluewater yacht with a legendary reputation
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Anyone planning a long-distance voyage and looking to buy a production yacht will inevitably take a look at Oyster, whether online or in person. No other shipyard has made so many blue water sailors happy – and the trend keeps rising.
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When a shipyard claims to build the "best bluewater yachts in the world", it must firstly possess a healthy dose of self-confidence, secondly offer exceptional quality and thirdly be blessed with plenty of experience.
The British yard Oyster Yachts meets all three of these criteria brilliantly – and is rightly proud of it.
Oyster is a "very British" manufacturer of luxury sailing yachts. Since 1973, the yard's staff in Southampton, Wroxham and Ipswich have been designing, building and servicing 50- to 120-foot Oyster bluewater sailing yachts, and since 1978 the deck saloon concept has been added as a distinctive feature of every yacht in the Oyster family. Oyster is considered the first production boatbuilder to consistently include a deck saloon across its model range.
Very British
Oyster yachts are regarded as exceptionally seaworthy and are the dream of many long-distance and bluewater sailors. Their sailing characteristics, the comfort on board and the fine finish of the boats are often compared to the legendary car manufacturer Rolls-Royce – powerful, reliable, remarkably comfortable, very British and devoted to detail through and through.
The DNA of these bluewater yachts is built on an estimated 20 million bluewater miles sailed, including at least 90 circumnavigations. Few other production boat models can point to such a wealth of experience.
A Success Story with a Catch
Oyster had to learn just how quickly a supposedly rock-solid reputation can crumble after an accident in July 2015. At the time, an Oyster 825 sank in the Mediterranean after losing its keel due to a serious design flaw. The crew escaped unharmed because they made it onto a life raft and were later rescued. Nevertheless, the yard – whose key selling points include "security" and "robustness" – suffered enormous reputational damage. Other yachts whose keels had been produced using the same method were recalled to the yard and modified accordingly.
But much like the ill-fated boat, Oyster's order books sank dramatically too. A liquidity shortfall arose that led to an insolvency filing two years later. In 2018, however, a new investor was found for the yard, making it possible to pick up the British shipyard's earlier success story once again.
New Successes
This new success is also down to the fact that Oyster now has nearly all models built exclusively in England. In the past, renowned production sites in countries such as Turkey or New Zealand were responsible for individual components, which were finally assembled in Great Britain.
Oyster's outstanding image among blue water sailors is, however, also rooted in a unique kind of customer "care". Oyster developed the "World Rally", for example, a two- to three-year flotilla circumnavigation along a route planned by Oyster. The Oyster regattas off Mallorca and Antigua now enjoy a worldwide reputation as well.
