Manufacturer Provided Description
With the Oyster 53 Deck Saloon, Rob Humphreys has designed the hull, deck, and rig, while Holman & Pye have designed the interior layout and provided the technical and structural specification. The Oyster in-house team have coordinated the styling and overall details of the yacht. As with the Oyster 56 they also integrated the ergonomically-designed cockpit, whose technical specification originated from the Department of Ergonomics at Loughborough University. The design brief for the Oyster 53 was to create a yacht in a center cockpit deck saloon configuration that offers many of the features of the larger Oyster 56, but still maintains a stylish, well-proportioned outboard profile. The design team approach, linked with the use of powerful integrated CAD design computers, has created a fifty-three foot yacht with a spacious cockpit, large saloon, and up to four separate sleeping cabins. Performance and handling under sail and power are well above average, gaining from the undoubted skill of Rob Humphreys whose Whitbread and World Championship winning race designs - not to mention the Chay Blyth fleet - have established his international reputation for safe, fast yachts. The Oyster 53 features a shapely, low center of gravity, and a bulb-type, lead ballast keel which has benefited from Rob Humphreys' extensive wind tunnel testing on foil designs during some of his better known race yacht projects. This keel gives optimum stability with only moderate draft. An optional shoal draft variant with an extended keel stub is also available. Although offered with a sloop rig as standard, we expect many owners to opt for the cutter sail plan for ease of sail handling when blue water sailing. Although the 53 is unusual in offering four sleeping cabins, there is also the obvious opportunity to forgo one of these and create a dedicated machinery room, in itself an unusual feature on a yacht of this size. The 53's 15-foot 3-inch beam has been fully utilized to create a really spacious and well-proportioned saloon which, thanks to the deck saloon, is light and airy. As usual the forward deck saloon windows will open to provide unbeatable fair weather ventilation. The designer's view by Rob Humphreys: Given that cruising is often perceived as the antithesis of racing, one might be forgiven for considering the expression "performance cruiser" to be a contradiction in terms. It is not. It is the concept embodied in the highly successful Oyster 56, launched to record-breaking sales, and in her smaller sister, the Oyster 53. It is about performance in its widest sense, not just speed through the water - which is there in demonstrable measure. It is about the contribution of every design element and characteristic, each one performing and contributing to the efficiency of the collective whole. Thus boathandling is also considered an essential part of the equation. Taking passage-making speed first, it is achieved not by costly and often disconcerting application of aerospace technology to the marine environment; it is achieved in full deference to the commonly stated Oyster owner's preference for a robust, even traditional, approach to structural design, with the designers working around this prerequisite. Not negotiable either, there is no change in the standard of comfort and lavish fit-out that befits the Oyster marque. It does not take a rocket scientist to work out that we are, by necessity, talking about a moderately high displacement:length regime. One cannot magic away displacement when that parameter is the definitive manifestation of onboard well-being, but one can take a different view as to how to arrange its distribution. This, essentially, is the step forward represented by the 56 and the 53. With very few exceptions, recent race-bred naval architectural know-how has been reserved for the lower end of the displacement - length spectrum. One of these exceptions has been my long standing and arguably obstinate desire to give my offshore racing yachts a dual-purpose role. Having worked consistently and successfully on the heavier side of the team, as evidenced by a great number of major championship winners, it enabled me to relate immediately to the philosophy promulgated successfully by Oyster over the past 25 years. The resulting product is a hull-form whose topside configuration reflects what goes on under the water, allowing the necessarily full-immersed volume to run seamlessly into a similarly full topside afterbody, encouraging the water to exit the hull with minimal disturbance and raising the speed potential of the boat beyond what has traditionally been termed the hull-speed hump. The fuller-form aft coincidentally produces increased form stability and, in flattening the wavetrain, improves directional stability by allowing the rudder to work more efficiently and by negating the effect of a suspending quarter wave. Images of a heavy displacement hull pushing its limit, almost hanging off its own quarter wave with a white-knuckled helmsman wondering where he's going to go next, can be put to one side. Of course, the naval architectural sculpting is achieved at no cost to aesthetic considerations, particularly bearing in mind that the eye of the beholder is itself an evolving eye, able and willing to keep step with visual developments. So, while this boat is recognizably an Oyster in all qualitative respects, the Oyster 53 moves the game forward in terms of contemporary styling.
Hull & DeckHULL NUMBER
Oyster 53/12.
HULL CONSTRUCTION
Laid-up GRP, single skin with structural stringers and floors to Lloyds approved design specification.
HULL FINISH White hull with cove line and double boot top lines in standard Oyster blue. Hull barrier coat in 2007 as proactive measure.
DECK CONSTRUCTION
Moulded in GRP with balsa core.
DECK FINISH
Teak laid decks. Bulwark finished with a teak capping rail.
KEEL
High performance bulb (HPB) external lead keel.
RUDDER
Fully protected skeg-hung rudder.
STERN DESIGN
ââ?¬Ë?Sugar scoopââ?¬â?¢ stern design with bathing platform trimmed with teak slats and stainless steel steps for access to the stern deck.
ANCHOR
Primary anchor: 34kg (75lb) CQR anchor with 107m (350�) of 10mm (3/8�) chain. Secondary anchor: 22kg (48lb) Bruce anchor with chain and rode, stowed in chain locker. Generous anchor locker on foredeck with removable partition at forward end for kedge warp and chain stowage.
WINDLASS
Newly rebuilt Lewmar 24V Ocean 3 electric anchor windlass with new motor (2017).
DECK ACCESS
Gate to pushpit. Fold down stainless steel bathing/boarding ladder on transom.
HATCHES
Oyster custom drop-down washboard system for main companionway. Lewmar alloy-framed deck hatches. Gebo alloy-framed coaming portlights. Gebo opening hullports (renewed gaskets 2017). 2 x long Gebo hull portlights: one to galley from cockpit and one from captain�s cabin to cockpit.
CANVASWORK
Fold down companionway sprayhood/dodger in ââ?¬Ë?Navy Blueââ?¬â?¢ acrylic with leather covered stainless steel grabrail to aft end.
Bimini in Sunbrella ââ?¬Ë?Navy Blueââ?¬â?¢ with two windows.
Cover for cockpit table with velcro flap to bin in ââ?¬Ë?Navy Blueââ?¬â?¢ acrylic.
Pedestal and steering wheel covers in ââ?¬Ë?Navy Blueââ?¬â?¢ acrylic. Cockpit seat cushions in closed cell foam with acrylic covers (recently updated).
Aft sundeck cushions (recently updated).
DECK PLUMBING
Hot and cold freshwater deck shower in transom locker.
COCKPIT
Teak-laid cockpit.
COCKPIT TABLE
Solid teak cockpit table with stainless steel frame and insulated GRP box.
STEERING
Pedestal type. 42� diameter stainless steel wheel with new leather cover. New custom built teak box for new chart plotter on Edson helm station. Stainless steel mug rack and grab rail on pedestal.
OUTBOARD BRACKET
Outboard bracket on stern pushpit.
DAVITS
300kg rated Simpson electric davits.
GENERAL
Oyster deck saloon profile with ââ?¬Ë?eyebrowââ?¬â?¢ styling.
Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit.
Stainless steel fairleads, mooring and cockpit cleats. Lazarette locker with twin stainless steel gas struts.
Two stainless steel rails in lazarette for hanging lines.
Self-draining deck stowage locker at aft end of coachroof for stowage of deck gear.
Stern quarter pushpit seats in teak and stainless steel.
Liferaft bracket mounted to starboard quarter on pushpit. 2.10m stainless steel transom pole on portside for navigation/communications antennas, including KVH M7 dome. Large gas locker within the aft deck for two 10lb gas canisters (US format).
Stainless steel fife rail forward of mast for secondary halyard parking.
Additional pair of Spinlock rope clutches for genoa car control lines accessed from cockpit.
Wichard folding padeyes in cockpit and foredeck for jack lines.
Magma gas grill.
Sails, Spars, Running & Standing riggingMAST and RIGGING
Cutter rig Rig inspected July 2017 by Loric Wymouth; Mast was pulled and fully inspected by Antigua Rigging in December 2014. The in-mast furler foil was replaced along with the inner stbd shroud. They had no other recommendations.
Aluminum Hood spars (re-sprayed 2007).
Hood ââ?¬Ë?Stowayââ?¬â?¢ mast with electric in-mast furling (new electronics 2017).
Harken B503 manual backstay adjuster (new 2009). Regularly updated standing and running rigging with primarily high-tech Spectra.
(Main sheet and Genoa furling line 2017).
Regularly updated deck hardware and rigging.
ââ?¬Ë?No-strikeââ?¬â?¢ ion dissipaters at masthead with mast and cap shrouds bonded to keel for lightning protection.
Backstay ââ?¬â?? single, insulated as aerial. 2 sets of preventer lines.
Padeyes on boom for preventer lines.
HEADSAIL FURLING
Harken foresail furling. Harken staysail furling.
WINCHES
All Lewmar Ocean, self-tailing:
2 x #64CEST electric two-speed primaries.
1 x #48CEST electric mainsheet (serviced 2017).
2 x #48CST two-speed main and genoa halyards on mast (serviced 2017).
1 x #48CEST (electric) and 1 x #48CST (manual) two-speed secondaries (serviced 2017).
2 x #16CST two-speed mainsheet traveller control lines.
SPINNAKER GEAR
Spinnaker gear with single pole stowed vertically on mast with butt hoist winch, halyard, sheets, guys and blocks, topping lift and downhaul.
SAILS Recent mainsail - battened delivery mainsail available. Number one and two genoas. Staysail with running backstays. Roller furler. Light air A-sail (asymmetrical spinnaker) with spinnaker bowsprit. Spinnaker pole stored on mast.
Interior, Galley, SystemsGENERAL
Seven berths in four cabins, excluding the saloon.
Lee screens to all sea berths, including optional centreline divider for master berth. Interior joinery finished in teak with Oyster ââ?¬Ë?Millenniumââ?¬â?¢ styling. Designed to be modern and coordinated, whilst remaining practical and durable at sea.
Essential features include sculpted fiddles and grabrails, ââ?¬Ë?shadow-gapââ?¬â?¢ joints between panels and Oyster custom knobs for lockers and drawers.
ââ?¬Ë?Chequerboardââ?¬â?¢ style teak cabin sole.
Surfaces in galley in Avonite ââ?¬Ë?Snowstormââ?¬â?¢ with upstands.
Surfaces in heads in Avonite ââ?¬Ë?Snowstormââ?¬â?¢.
Headlining in ââ?¬Ë?Creamââ?¬â?¢ vinyl.
Upholstery in ââ?¬Ë?Beigeââ?¬â?¢ Ultra Suede throughout.
Delivery covers for all saloon upholstery and soles throughout.
Crew covers for saloon and cockpit seating, navigator�s seat and saloon table.
Curtains to windows in all cabins.
Flyscreens to all opening hull and coachroof ports.
5 x Hella fans.
FORWARD SHARED HEAD/SHOWER
Large head compartment shared and accessed by both forward cabins.
Vacuflush electric freshwater toilet, washbasin and integrated shower.
Avonite countertops and storage.
Watertight bulkhead forward of head to chain locker, forward of head to sail locker.
PORT FORWARD TWIN CABIN
Twin cabin to port with upper and lower berths.
Storage lockers and vanity unit.
Hanging locker.
STARBOARD FORWARD DOUBLE CABIN
Starboard double (three-quarter) berth.
Hanging closet and two clothes lockers.
Nightstand with locker and four large drawers.
Lewmar deck hatch.
SALOON
Light and airy with seven windows, of which two of the two forward ones open.
Featuring a large folding table surrounded by a semi-circular stitched panel settee to starboard. Expandable teak saloon table in Maple Burr wood with inlaid perimeter line and matt finish - extra ââ?¬Ë?hide a leafââ?¬â?¢ stored below. The table is mounted on a substantial pedestal, which incorporates a bottle locker in its base.
Outboard pair of lockers and a central shelf to the hullport.
Bookshelves in saloon hullport recesses with stainless steel frame.
Stitched panel two-seater settee to port.
Electronics in settee outboard and foldaway 32� LCD TV located in port forward locker. Forward bar unit with stowage for glasses.
Removable mast cover in headlining vinyl with velcro.
NAVIGATION AREA
To port, the chart table area is customised around the flush-mounted electronics and navigation equipment. Accommodating the 19� LCD ship�s computer, larger 16� chart plotter, radios, gauges.
Computer loaded with Nobeltec charting software and charts.
Provision for stowage of half-folded Admiralty charts, books and almanacs.
CAPTAIN�S CABIN/WORKSHOP
Doubles as a single berth with custom cushion. Situated below the cockpit on the port side with additional 1.5� headroom. Raised workbench with stainless steel work surface and storage lockers underneath. Chart stowage drawer under stainless steel worktop. Computer, printer and CPU storage underneath.
GALLEY
To starboard of the cockpit in the companionway to the aft cabin. Custom stainless steel rack and bins next to sink for bulk storage. Wustaf kitchen knives in custom storage drawer rack. Integrated carbon monoxide gas detector.
SINKS
Twin stainless steel sinks and Avonite ââ?¬Ë?Porcelain Whiteââ?¬â?¢.
COOKER/HOB
Gimballed Force 10 FT 645PR cooker in stainless steel, 4 burners, grill and oven. Electric induction cooktop.
MICROWAVE
Kitchen Aid microwave.
REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER
Seafrost refrigeration/compressor (new 2015) to front opening refrigerator and top opening freezer.
ENGINE ROOM
Panels inboard in the aft companionway give access to the engine room compartment. Two large doors in Captains cabin provide ample access.
OWNER�S STATEROOM
Aft double berth offset from centreline with 6� increased width.
Headboard in Ultra Suede. Battening system beneath foam mattress for added ventilation and support. Extended hanging locker with twin sliding doors. Second hanging locker on port side. Abundant drawer and locker space. 2-brick safe with key.
EN SUITE HEAD/SHOWER
Vacuflush electric freshwater toilet, ââ?¬Ë?Whiteââ?¬â?¢ Swanstone washbasin and separate enclosed shower stall. Avonite ââ?¬Ë?Snowstormââ?¬â?¢ countertops. Bulkhead and joinery in ââ?¬Ë?Whiteââ?¬â?¢ Formica.
EntertainmentAUDIO VISUAL SYSTEMS
32� hinged LCD TV that stows out of sight.
8 speaker integrated entertainment system.
Satellite Direct TV (US and Caribbean).
KVH M7 satellite receiver/antenna.
Satellite radio.
Playstation 3/DVD player.
EngineeringENGINE
Original 4JH2-DTBE 88 HP Yanmar replace with 100Hp Yanmar 4JH4-HTE1 diesel engine (2015).
ENGINE HOURS
Approximately 2,300 at August 2017. PROPELLER 3-bladed 550mm (22�) diameter feathering Max-Prop (rebuilt 2017).
ROPE CUTTER
AM15 Ambassador rope cutter on propeller shaft.
ALTERNATORS
55A/12V alternator for engine start. 100A/24V alternator for domestic battery bank. 175A/24V DC Leece-Neville alternator (new bearings 2017).
GENERATOR
Westerbeke 10kW generator (October 2015).
GENERATOR HOURS
Approximately 479 at April 2018.
BOWTHRUSTER
Side Power SE170/250TC 11.8hp tunnel bowthruster.
STEERING SYSTEM
Cable steering to large quadrant on rubber post.
AIR CONDITIONING/HEATING
220V Cruisair ââ?¬Ë?Stowawayââ?¬â?¢ reverse cycle air conditioning system, comprising of: 2 x 16,000 BTU (SXR) units supplying saloon and owner's aft cabin to give a total of 24,000 BTUs. SMX-2 electronic control pads.
ICEMAKER
Raritan icemaker.
WATERMAKER
Spectra 380-C DC Watermaker.
Tankage and PlumbingFUEL
795 litres approximately (175 Imp gallons/210 US gallons) in a GRP tank.
2 x Racor filters with stainless steel drip trays and changeover system.
WATER
750 litres approximately (165 Imp gallons/198 US gallons) in a GRP tank.
TANK TENDER GAUGES
Tank tender gauges for fuel and water tanks.
HOT WATER
From an insulated approximately 54 litres (12 Imp gallons/14 US gallons) tank heated by the engine�s heat exchanger, or by thermostatically controlled 220V, 2kW immersion heater elements powered by the generator or dockside power.
PRESSURIZED HOT AND COLD FRESHWATER SYSTEM
Par CW320 Twin Max pump with pressure accumulator tank.
Charcoal filter.
Emergency manual freshwater pump at galley.
HOLDING TANKS
Two polypropylene gravity discharge tanks for both forward and aft heads each fitted with Wema gauge.
GREY WATER
Showers and washbasins discharge to two sump tanks and dedicated electric Whale ââ?¬Ë?Gulperââ?¬â?¢ pump, with additional for galley.
MANIFOLD SYSTEM
Manifold for seawater inlets to reduce through-hull fittings.
ElectricalSHIP�S SUPPLY
12/24V DC system.
RINGMAIN
Mains AC ring main with 110V sockets throughout.
OTHER ELECTRICAL SOCKETS
12V DC power outlets.
BATTERIES
8 x 6V giving 490Ah at 24V for domestic supply (2017). 12V battery ââ?¬â?? 88Ah for engine starting.
Batteries for generator starting.
Emergency start link.
BATTERY MANAGEMENT
Magnetronic DCC 4000 state battery controller + Victron Energy Monitor.
Ample Power Smart Regulator 3 with temperature compensation sensor.
Mastervolt 220V Mass 24V/100A battery charger, including temperature sensor.
Circuit breakers incorporated into central panel system.
Heavy-duty Hella battery switches.
Emergency link between house and start batteries.
INVERTER
Mastervolt Mass sine wave inverter.
110V Mastervolt Mass 24V/2500W inverter.
SHOREPOWER
50A dockside power cable in 3-core double-insulated PVC, 18m (60') in length + 20ft cord.
Hubbell socket in transom, socket and cord stowage in aft deck locker.
Dockside end of cable fitted with 3-pin, 16 Amp plug. Power cable 4-core for earth, common neutral and 2 phases of 110V ââ?¬â?? 4-pin 50A plugs both end.
System including air conditioning configured for US and European power.
INTERIOR LIGHTING
Overhead lights. Reading lights to all berths in chrome.
Red overhead halogen night lights in galley and at chart table.
Engine room 24V lighting and fan.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Boom light over cockpit table.
Hella Marine LED bow lights and Lopolight.
Steaming/deck floodlight.
Tri-white anchor/navigation light at masthead.
Boom light over cockpit table.
Lights on the davits.
Navigation and CommunicationCOMPASSES
S.I.R.S Major 150mm diameter flush-mounted compass with internal lighting.
SAILING INSTRUMENTS
B&G instruments (newly updated).
B&G Zeus 3 x MFDs (16� at navigation station and 12� at helm).
Companionway console: 2 x H200 FFD, analogue wind. Pedestal: H2000 FFD + Triton 2-display/controller for AP (2017).
Chart table: H2000 FFD, Zues3 16� used as Auto Pilot control, plus all instruments (2017).
RADAR/CHART PLOTTER
B&G Zues3 networked chart plotters 12� at pedestal and 16� at nav station (2017).
AIS
Raymarine AIS Class A with Furuno dedicated GPS. Additional receiver via B&G V50 VHF radio (networked for display on plotter).
AUTOPILOT
New B&G NAC 3 autopilot and controls. Quadrant mounted hydraulic autopilot, independent of steering cables. WINDEX Windex at masthead.
VHF RADIO
New B&G V50 VHF radio with wireless remote, microphone and display.
SSB RADIO
Icom SSB radio. Copper tape and ground plates for SSB.
PC
Dedicated ship�s computer/PC with integrated charting software.
SafetyLIFERAFT
8-person inflatable liferaft mounted on aft rail. Next service date October 2018.
EPIRB
ACR Globalfix 406 MHz (2006 - new battery 2008 ââ?¬â?? good through 2022).
RADAR REFLECTOR
Firdell blipper on mast.
BILGE PUMPS
Electric Jabsco Maxi 3000 puppy pump with Par hydro air switch. Henderson MkV double action manual pump.
DECK SAFETY
Horseshoe lifebuoy with throw line.
MOM8A rescue sling.
Emergency tiller.
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Various including automatic fire extinguisher in engine bay.
ALARMS
Electronic gas detector in the galley and gas solenoid shut-off valve. Bilge alarm.
OTHER SAFETY FEATURES
Complement of Off Shore safety gear (jack lines, harnesses, pfd�s, etc.).
GeneralRIB/DINGHY
11� Novurania centre console RIB rigid inflatable.
Evinrude E-Tec advanced 2-stroke 25Hp outboard engine with integrated 9-gallon tank (2017).
WARPS AND FENDERS
6 x large fenders, plus 4 x Taylor Made inflatable yacht fenders with yacht covers for them (2017.
CROCKERY
Oyster customised Wedgwood bone china crockery.
CUTLERY
Oyster customised Sheffield stainless steel cutlery.
SAFE
2-brick safe with key, outboard of aft cabin hanging locker.
ASSORTED TOOLS, SPARES AND MANUALS
ExclusionsExcluded from Sale
- Computer to be scrubbed of personal files
- Painting in Salon
- Log Books
- Portable Sat Phone
- Personal Foul-weather Gear
- Personal PFD
- Binoculars
DisclaimerThe Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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