Because they have passion for the sport and the build! The first Oyster I saw was back in 1998, it was a Oyster 55 (1991). It just came on the market after circumnavigating for the last 5 years had not been cleaned but the boat overall looked great. I missed buying that one, and a few others. My bad, but I will get one and I think the 495 is the ONE!!! Good sailing cheers!!
Oyster remains the sailboat I want to see the world from!! The build is just outstanding, I can hardly wait to stand on her deck and take in the power she projects!! I think this is the best 50 footer I have seen, no need for anything larger, this meets and may exceed my expectations!! I can only imagine what it would be like to sail in any conditions and not feel completely comfortable at the helm! Thanks for a great boat, now to figure how to afford this boat!!! Good sailing and my you have fair winds!! God bless to all who were involved in this journey!! Thanks again!!
Thank you, Dennis, I would agree with you and I still remember the first time I saw my first Oyster as a child. Oyster has always been my ultimate dream sailboat, if we can't own one then we would be happy to crew and sail one.
As an owner of a 20 years old Oyster I can tell you Oyster Oyster Oyster all the way. The boat shows like new, punches through big seas unphased and has never let me down. I am the fourth caretaker and the after sales service team at Oyster treat me like I bought her yesterday. It's like having a tech support team on standby. Yacht building and customer service perfected.
I have loved Oysters ever since we were lucky as kids to sail on one. They have been one of the dream boats for me and many other sailors and kids out there in the world.
@@rickirizarry5079 they both have their pros and cons, some would say a prop shaft is safer than a sail drive, but Garcia are built with sail drives and do the north west passage etc without any problems so it’s really down to what you want?
For us, it would be an Oyster, one of the first yachts I went on as a child was an Oyster we sailed out of the Hamble into the Solent and down to Southampton. The only thing is the cockpit of the Amel nothing beats that, which would make the choice hard for some;) As a British lady, I will go with the Oyster, what about you Roger? which one Oyster or Amel?
@@christopherfranklin2636 so Ill informed Mr Franklin. They sold out in short order. The Dashews wanted to go sailing again so declined to continue the arrangement with TPI. There were several people still wanting boats when they stopped accepting orders. The Sundeers definitely have less interior volume than the Oysters, but...a fraction of the displacement, 2/3 of the rig, half the fuel consumption, much more performance and much easier to sail. I have sailed Oysters, Sundeers, Deerfoots, Chuck Paine Bougainvillea.....the Sundeer gets my vote almost every time.
@@christopherfranklin2636 and an apt analogy. The Rolls Royce is an overweight overpriced anachronism with poor performance and worse handling that cost a fortune to run.
Why does Oyster inspire such confidence? What is it that makes you love these sailboats? let us know in the comments below. Thank you;)
Because they have passion for the sport and the build! The first Oyster I saw was back in 1998, it was a Oyster 55 (1991). It just came on the market after circumnavigating for the last 5 years had not been cleaned but the boat overall looked great. I missed buying that one, and a few others. My bad, but I will get one and I think the 495 is the ONE!!! Good sailing cheers!!
@@dennisrobinson4588, I hope you get your Oyster one day, they really are something special.
Oyster remains the sailboat I want to see the world from!! The build is just outstanding, I can hardly wait to stand on her deck and take in the power she projects!! I think this is the best 50 footer I have seen, no need for anything larger, this meets and may exceed my expectations!! I can only imagine what it would be like to sail in any conditions and not feel completely comfortable at the helm! Thanks for a great boat, now to figure how to afford this boat!!! Good sailing and my you have fair winds!! God bless to all who were involved in this journey!! Thanks again!!
Thank you, Dennis, I would agree with you and I still remember the first time I saw my first Oyster as a child. Oyster has always been my ultimate dream sailboat, if we can't own one then we would be happy to crew and sail one.
As an owner of a 20 years old Oyster I can tell you Oyster Oyster Oyster all the way. The boat shows like new, punches through big seas unphased and has never let me down. I am the fourth caretaker and the after sales service team at Oyster treat me like I bought her yesterday. It's like having a tech support team on standby. Yacht building and customer service perfected.
I have loved Oysters ever since we were lucky as kids to sail on one. They have been one of the dream boats for me and many other sailors and kids out there in the world.
If I was a person with this kind of money, I'd already have mine on order. The perfect couple or two couple bluewater sailing boat.. Stellar..!!
This Oyster 495 🤔..... is absolutely gorgeous, breathtaking, sublime.
What a beautiful boat looks like oyster have done it again.
They sure have ;)
There are many pics of other 565 and 595 boats in here
Lovely boats.
Is having a sail drive on a long distance cruiser a potential maintenance problem compared to a shaft drive?
@@rickirizarry5079 they both have their pros and cons, some would say a prop shaft is safer than a sail drive, but Garcia are built with sail drives and do the north west passage etc without any problems so it’s really down to what you want?
Is this the ultimate? If offered a free Amel 50 or this Oyster, which boat is the fam sailing off in?
Hi there for me it would be a hard choice as both have great pedigree, but Amel wins just because of the cockpit.
A free boat, Oyster for us, I had the chance to see many Oyster sailboat’s growing up.
For us, it would be an Oyster, one of the first yachts I went on as a child was an Oyster we sailed out of the Hamble into the Solent and down to Southampton. The only thing is the cockpit of the Amel
nothing beats that, which would make the choice hard for some;) As a British lady, I will go with the Oyster, what about you Roger? which one Oyster or Amel?
Either one. The Oyster is at a higher price point I believe.
Roger, the Oyster 495 hands down my choice. In fact my birthday is the 27th of May hint, hint, cheers and thanks sir!
I would be disappointed if this was under my Xmas tree....
Not my ultimate boat. Or even close. Too heavy, too slow, too fat. Look up a Sundeer.
So lets compare the Oyster to a flawed design (no real interior or usable deck space) that didn't sell well and went out of business..... uh no!
@@christopherfranklin2636 so Ill informed Mr Franklin. They sold out in short order. The Dashews wanted to go sailing again so declined to continue the arrangement with TPI. There were several people still wanting boats when they stopped accepting orders. The Sundeers definitely have less interior volume than the Oysters, but...a fraction of the displacement, 2/3 of the rig, half the fuel consumption, much more performance and much easier to sail. I have sailed Oysters, Sundeers, Deerfoots, Chuck Paine Bougainvillea.....the Sundeer gets my vote almost every time.
@@deerfootnz Surely the question is: Why are we comparing the Rolls Royce of the ocean to a Fiat Panda?
@@christopherfranklin2636 and an apt analogy. The Rolls Royce is an overweight overpriced anachronism with poor performance and worse handling that cost a fortune to run.
@@deerfootnz and a car you're unlikely to own, as I suspect is an Oyster!