Scot Verdin if you like Oyster, also check out Discovery Yachts. If my memory is right both are British builders and work to similar quality. Good luck with the lottery numbers 😀
Nothing but nothing beats the Amels cockpit. Hard top dodger with hart top roof that retracts. This boat is supper nice but the helms are stuck way out back, exposed to everything. Double, non skag rudders are just begging to be ripped right off. And those foot wells below the wheel will just fill up with see water and you will be even more miserable standing in ankle deep water all night. I didn't see a drain for them. Bad design. Also, the Amels have way better access to the engine, and you can use a crane to lift and lower heavy components in and out the Amels engine room cause its under the centre cockpit outside.
@@sucapizda Hey Lucky Goose - how many miles have you done at sea? You won't find many blue water cruisers using anything other than autopilot when sailing long distance - hours helming at the wheel simply doesn't happen. If the weather's bad you tuck yourself under the sprayhood. When the weather is fair I'd rather feel the wind in my hair and be part of the general sailing experience than hiding behind a truck cab. Always good to learn from the experts...
Lucky Goose this isn’t Oyster’s first rodeo. They know a thing a or two about making solid go anywhere cruisers. Guessing you’re a Delos fanboy with no first hand experience of offshore sailing?
Very similar to the Discovery 57 and 58. I have a preference for the Discovery design, though. The helm station on the Oyster is very exposed (and I don't see how a Bimini would cover it, but maybe I'm wrong.) Also, I prefer the galley on the Discovery. Fridge is comparable, but the Disco freezer can't be beat. Engine room access is a bit better on the Disco, as is access to the full electrical panel behind the chart station. I do like the Oyster nav station, but the visibility from the Disco's somewhat higher salon is terrific. But these are all personal preference items. Would love to see a side-by-side performance test. We didn't see hull/keel/rudder on the Oyster, but i'm sure there are multiple options.
Like yourself, I agree, personally would prefer a slightly less exposed helm station although it all depends very much on where and how you plan to use the yacht. Like your comments, all seem very familiar, mirroring my own thoughts. Sensible approach.. Cool.
True, I've noticed, too, that the Discovery 57/58 is the closest competitor. In my opinion, the Oyster looks better on the appearance scale, but this is not of the essence. What the Discovery should do, given that it is an expensive boat, is push the scale up in refinement and harmony - make it really a luxury asset, rather than just a very good boat. What I prefer, though, on the Oyster is the single space saloon. Typical center cockpit arrangements, such as the Discovery, give somewhat the feeling of a stepped cave. Should Discovery do that, they would make Oyster fight for their market share.
The Discovery indeed looks to be a close competitor at face value but they are now or will soon be dust in the wind and their brand will not have the support that Oyster will always provide owners. I recently bought an 18 year old Oyster and now, even under the yard's third ownership, I receive technical and parts support as if I bought the boat new last year. And by the way, she performs and shows as new..stellar. What a brand.
@@ansonchan1732 - Possibly. But please remember that the same oblivion fate awaited Oyster not long ago. A new ownership and a new direction changed what seemed to be the ending fate. The same is possible for Discovery, if they wake up early. They already have a good ship, they only need to make it classy.
Come on lotto!!!! And one of those is mine! The master cabin is the best I’ve seen so far, I actually said WOW when the camera came around the corner and showed the space
Any idea what one costs? They have the ever annoying POA on the website. EDIT: Oh my. $1.85 million The Oyster 565 starts at $1.85 million (£1,450,000) for the Standard Layout
An actual chart table! Everything is accessible for the inevitable tweaks and fixes underway. This layout with the work room/passage berth is smart. Those seascape, triple vertical windows add a lot! Especially cool in the owner's cabin.
You would have to worry about the hordes of homeless people squatting in it or the illegal alien politicians elected through voter fraud selling it to the local drug cartel.
Really good tour for a change, nice job. What a beautiful boat, I wonder what the Vikings would have thought as a swap for longboat, how things have moved on!
Toby - great job - a really great yacht - and so contemporarily styled. Yes its the monied end of the spectrum - but Wow. Excellent presentation. If is sails as half as good as it looks - it will be a knockout.
Toby, that £1.45mill is that sail away or base-boat no options ? would have guessed this much closer to 2 mill out the door fully loaded, power windows, AC, watermaker and all.
That's the base price Bo - but Oyster now includes a very full spec in their base price. So that includes hydraulic mainsail and genoa furling, retracting bow and stern thrusters, hydraulic windlass, generator and powered winches for example
Would love to see an Oyster with that Amel interior, dark glossy wood interior. I know it‘s all a matter of taste, but it would, in my opinion, elevate the Oysters to an other level 👍
One of the first things to get removed off a boat though is the carpet. If you are a live aboard in a marina then it will fly for a while. Full time cruisers know that those carpets will get wet rather quickly and begin to mold even quicker. Ditch the carpet and put the money to better use on something more useful. :)
Toby, how would you compare this to the Discovery 58? I just think the cabin in the 58 is head and shoulders above this Oyster in simply ... the view. Your thoughts?
Any thoughts on those bilge panels just lying freely in place, without any locking mechanism to secure them in place? Curious if she’s leaning significantly and took a blow from a solid wave, would those panels lift out of place and cause damage? Or, if she rolled, what’s to stop those heavy panels from flying around causing bodily harm, or worse?
Toby - Another good review. You obviously love a good sailing boat and it shows through in the videos. This Oyster is really nice but I still favour the interior design choices in the new Amel 50 and 60. Question - If you had 1.5 million spare change, what boat would you choose?
@@squarehead7246 Nice boat but where is all the storage needed for cruising? Nice overhangs and narrow beam may please the eye but does not make a good cruising boat.
@@farrellko one can argue the modern blue water boats have an excess of cubby holes for every single little thing. You don't need half the stuff people haul with them. They keep packing until the boat is full to the last.
I don't understand why so many sailboats continue to leave their helm station aft and exposed to the elements. In a cruising boat this size, this is just unnecessary traditionalism or lazy designers. Amel has it right with their protected center cockpit helm. Perfectly safe during a night watch.
@cornskid Having the steering controls located at the rear without protection from the elements does not seem like a good design, in a raging storm that means the helmsman is going to be exposed to crashing waves, wind and rain. I like the design of the Amel Super Maramu 2000 better which protects the helm from a storm better which was shown in this video during a raging night storm in Madagascar waters with 50 knot winds and 3 story high waves, the waves crashed right into the cockpit and if they didn't have the protection of a dodger it would have been even more dangerous for them, they had to stay up all night fighting the waves with the rudder, it is dangerous to leave the boat on autopilot during a violent storm. It is a question of whether you want a functional world cruiser or a rich man's toy to be used in friendly seas. ua-cam.com/video/nWhmLkOYDZM/v-deo.html
Lovely, but very definitely not ultimate! This boat however, with the high gloss cherry like wood interior finish of Amel boats, would look absolutely stunning 👌
I really love this one, those seaside windows look amazing, certainly a dream bluewater cruiser! I still prefer the Amel 54 for design, practicality and price! You could get two brand new 54 for the price of this one! But if money wasn't an issue I would go for this one...Well Bitcoin you better get to $1Million by 2026!
Eventually. Given twenty years or so of neglect. But I imagine an owner would keep the inspections and maintenance on a schedule for the entirety of the ownership.
Overall, I am liking the French designs best. They are stylistically cleaner, more modern, rational and functional. Some of that is helped by the very high volume and cadence of designs due to a more active boating industry, i.e. more experience due to more designs created. Some of it is simply different stylistic sensibilities. This is without prejudice towards any particular nation, but simply reviewing the designs rationally. While the sole panels not having a visible lifting handle is pretty, it's less practical to require a separate suction tool to lift them. In an emergency, searching for a tool is wasted time, provided one could find it. A visible handle also indicates the leverage direction for lifting. 1:30 Minor complaint: a horizontal winch, as for the anchor, is a capstan. A vertical winch is a windlass. This is a common error. So common that the distinction may already have been functionally lost in the English language.
Its useless! Despite that lazzarete looks(huge) on video, in reality it can not hold a dinghy. And for what it can hold you'll need extender rails system to hoist and launch/store that same dinghy... which beats the advantage of the garage, i.e. easy and fast launching-storing! And did I mention it can't not hold any practically sizable dinghy? 🤷
Well, build in a stair lift for the senior people. :-) Once you have that odd few millions quid, bucks or euros to pay for the boat, the handful of necessary options you have to tick won't be financially challenging. ;-)
After all these years, when I thought I'd get an Amel with my lotto winnings...you had to show me this. Absolutely stunning
Scot Verdin if you like Oyster, also check out Discovery Yachts. If my memory is right both are British builders and work to similar quality. Good luck with the lottery numbers 😀
Nothing but nothing beats the Amels cockpit. Hard top dodger with hart top roof that retracts. This boat is supper nice but the helms are stuck way out back, exposed to everything. Double, non skag rudders are just begging to be ripped right off. And those foot wells below the wheel will just fill up with see water and you will be even more miserable standing in ankle deep water all night. I didn't see a drain for them. Bad design. Also, the Amels have way better access to the engine, and you can use a crane to lift and lower heavy components in and out the Amels engine room cause its under the centre cockpit outside.
Hehehe..Scot I was just thinking the same thing 😅 I'm still leaning to the Amel 50, but wow.. Amel have now som real competition!
@@sucapizda Hey Lucky Goose - how many miles have you done at sea? You won't find many blue water cruisers using anything other than autopilot when sailing long distance - hours helming at the wheel simply doesn't happen. If the weather's bad you tuck yourself under the sprayhood. When the weather is fair I'd rather feel the wind in my hair and be part of the general sailing experience than hiding behind a truck cab. Always good to learn from the experts...
Lucky Goose this isn’t Oyster’s first rodeo. They know a thing a or two about making solid go anywhere cruisers. Guessing you’re a Delos fanboy with no first hand experience of offshore sailing?
still my favourite modern sailing yatch company, been a fan of their work for years, so glad they pulled through.
Impressed with all the space on a 57 foot. Great layout. Dont feel cramped. In fact feels like a larger boat. Good job. Good video. Thankyou.
That's one of the most amazing interiors I ever saw. Incredible craftsmanship!
Absolutely incredible yacht and the interior is finished to such a high standard.
Thanks for the video presentation really good.
Much more informative than many previous videos!
Well... I've kinda been in love w/ the Amel 50 for a little while now. But this thing... wow. This is absolutely GORGEOUS.
Another one of those that have been watching too many videos of the two bros on the Amel..
@@nicolasbouyiouclis4726 been in love with Amel long before Delos made it en vogue.
Wow. Impressive design. All yachts are about compromises, but this one strikes some phenomenal balances. Well done Oyster.
Very similar to the Discovery 57 and 58. I have a preference for the Discovery design, though. The helm station on the Oyster is very exposed (and I don't see how a Bimini would cover it, but maybe I'm wrong.) Also, I prefer the galley on the Discovery. Fridge is comparable, but the Disco freezer can't be beat. Engine room access is a bit better on the Disco, as is access to the full electrical panel behind the chart station. I do like the Oyster nav station, but the visibility from the Disco's somewhat higher salon is terrific. But these are all personal preference items. Would love to see a side-by-side performance test. We didn't see hull/keel/rudder on the Oyster, but i'm sure there are multiple options.
Like yourself, I agree, personally would prefer a slightly less exposed helm station although it all depends very much on where and how you plan to use the yacht. Like your comments, all seem very familiar, mirroring my own thoughts. Sensible approach.. Cool.
True, I've noticed, too, that the Discovery 57/58 is the closest competitor. In my opinion, the Oyster looks better on the appearance scale, but this is not of the essence. What the Discovery should do, given that it is an expensive boat, is push the scale up in refinement and harmony - make it really a luxury asset, rather than just a very good boat. What I prefer, though, on the Oyster is the single space saloon. Typical center cockpit arrangements, such as the Discovery, give somewhat the feeling of a stepped cave. Should Discovery do that, they would make Oyster fight for their market share.
The Discovery indeed looks to be a close competitor at face value but they are now or will soon be dust in the wind and their brand will not have the support that Oyster will always provide owners. I recently bought an 18 year old Oyster and now, even under the yard's third ownership, I receive technical and parts support as if I bought the boat new last year. And by the way, she performs and shows as new..stellar. What a brand.
@@ansonchan1732 - Possibly. But please remember that the same oblivion fate awaited Oyster not long ago. A new ownership and a new direction changed what seemed to be the ending fate. The same is possible for Discovery, if they wake up early. They already have a good ship, they only need to make it classy.
I prefer world peace but he, everybody has there problems to cover.
Gorgeous boat. Love those access panels for all the electronics. That is a huge plus.
6:30 “Whatever the owner of this sort of boat drinks.” 😆
I like how he thought of beer 🍻
Those vertical windows absolutely make the interior
Agreed, they are stunning. I sure hope they've got a good seal though, they'll be underwater most of the time under sail.
This oyster is nicely done. I could spend the rest of my life on this boat that's for sure...
I’m loving your presentations, I’ve been watching several today. Very expensive yachts, but what beauties! Thank you!
Come on lotto!!!! And one of those is mine! The master cabin is the best I’ve seen so far, I actually said WOW when the camera came around the corner and showed the space
Any idea what one costs? They have the ever annoying POA on the website.
EDIT: Oh my. $1.85 million The Oyster 565 starts at $1.85 million (£1,450,000) for the Standard Layout
good luck man, throw a mil my way if you do win the jackpot xD
I usually dream of motor boats, but I’ll be dreaming with this now!
Well,
I think I can afford that rubber suction cup thing.
LOL
Oyster has always produced beautiful boats.
Maybe in my next life.
An actual chart table! Everything is accessible for the inevitable tweaks and fixes underway. This layout with the work room/passage berth is smart. Those seascape, triple vertical windows add a lot! Especially cool in the owner's cabin.
👍
I really enjoy these videos toby, thanks.
That is an awesome boat. The most beautiful inside and so light with all the windows!
Love your commentary, Toby! Very helpful walk throughs!
I truly love the Oyster brand, this one is a bit posh for me including the price tag. Thanks for the tour Toby.
Stunning! Thanks for the tour.
Love this model. Oyster has outdone themselves with this design.
Thank you for this fantastic Video of this stunning dream boat.
Totally blown away. Very rich mans pride and glory 😎🍾
Toby is the best!
Fabulous yacht ‼️ Fabulous walk thru, Toby. ✨⚓️⛵️✨🍷
Incredible boat, would love to see a comparison with the new Amel 60.
Me too!
(even if I know beforehand that Amel wins!)
Wow, that’s a beautiful vessel!
that is a beautiful, excellent boat!! great video, too.
She's a beauty through in through from bow to stern... I would love to sail her here in Los Angeles L.A Rob
Don't forget, getting her to SoCal would be the real fun ;-)
You would have to worry about the hordes of homeless people squatting in it or the illegal alien politicians elected through voter fraud selling it to the local drug cartel.
Really good tour for a change, nice job. What a beautiful boat, I wonder what the Vikings would have thought as a swap for longboat, how things have moved on!
Top nocht mono. Unreal electrical maintenance access to electronics . Love it.
holy crap - what an awesome boat, especially for the size....wow!
Toby - great job - a really great yacht - and so contemporarily styled. Yes its the monied end of the spectrum - but Wow. Excellent presentation. If is sails as half as good as it looks - it will be a knockout.
Many thanks Ian!
Nice walkthrough, nice yacht.
Absolutely stunning looking yacht!
That yacht is better appointed than most houses!
Very nice!! Can't wait for the the 595! Glad to see the washer isn't in the kitchen. Didn't see any TV/media?
My opinion is that Oyster is by far the "Best of the Best".
Toby, that £1.45mill is that sail away or base-boat no options ? would have guessed this much closer to 2 mill out the door fully loaded, power windows, AC, watermaker and all.
That's the base price Bo - but Oyster now includes a very full spec in their base price. So that includes hydraulic mainsail and genoa furling, retracting bow and stern thrusters, hydraulic windlass, generator and powered winches for example
Beautiful, everything about it.
Take good care of your keel!
Oh man, that's nasty... On the other hand - good advice.
Its a thing I do miss in many reviews, tell what keels and rudders they have. Could save me see many reviews.
Oysters and keels ... beauty can be just skin deep
So much light it's like you're outside
That is just beautiful.
Hoo Chee Mama. What a boat! Thanks Toby.
Would love to see an Oyster with that Amel interior, dark glossy wood interior. I know it‘s all a matter of taste, but it would, in my opinion, elevate the Oysters to an other level 👍
I'd thought the concave floor at the helms are so when the boat is at an angle, it's easier to keep footing
Truly world class. The best part is the price!
You'd think for £1.45m they'd add foam padding in the chain locker to protect the walls and cut down the racket?
Saw this boat in Soton too. Very nice. Did you manage to get around the x yachts behind it?
One of the first things to get removed off a boat though is the carpet. If you are a live aboard in a marina then it will fly for a while. Full time cruisers know that those carpets will get wet rather quickly and begin to mold even quicker. Ditch the carpet and put the money to better use on something more useful. :)
Very nice indeed - seems very similar to the Contest 55CS no?
Toby, how would you compare this to the Discovery 58? I just think the cabin in the 58 is head and shoulders above this Oyster in simply ... the view. Your thoughts?
This is an amazing yacht. I love it.
No mainsheet traveller? come ooon...
It appears to have an hydraulic boom vang. That mostly obviates the need for a traveller.
great video, awesome boat. wondering what the starting price is...
Any thoughts on those bilge panels just lying freely in place, without any locking mechanism to secure them in place? Curious if she’s leaning significantly and took a blow from a solid wave, would those panels lift out of place and cause damage? Or, if she rolled, what’s to stop those heavy panels from flying around causing bodily harm, or worse?
This will be a classic I think.
Always wonder if there are lee cloths for those big beds
Very nice, good price too I liked this video yes!!!👍😅
Love it but how do you walk through the saloon in a seaway, I can’t see any handles?
If you slip, simply break your fall with your face.
Wrap it up, I'll take one. Bank manager will have a hearty, probably...
i woulda thought youd have put a blindfold on him
so when at sea at an angle, do you steer from the top or the bottom helm?
Toby - Another good review. You obviously love a good sailing boat and it shows through in the videos. This Oyster is really nice but I still favour the interior design choices in the new Amel 50 and 60. Question - If you had 1.5 million spare change, what boat would you choose?
Kevin O'Farrell , good question Kevin! I will go for the Amel!!! 👍👍
I'm sailing the Oyster and the Amel next week, so will delay that decision! T
Spirit 63DH would be my choice!
@@squarehead7246 Nice boat but where is all the storage needed for cruising? Nice overhangs and narrow beam may please the eye but does not make a good cruising boat.
@@farrellko one can argue the modern blue water boats have an excess of cubby holes for every single little thing. You don't need half the stuff people haul with them. They keep packing until the boat is full to the last.
So what's basic price for one of these?
Nice, but carpet??? Also don't Euro boats have heat shields on their engine room diesel filters?
Will these boats be mostly charters? It’s huge
Sailing around Norway and Iceland with those exposed helm positions........true sailors.
Could you guys do a test please. I want to see you sail it.
Why of course sir! www.yachtingworld.com/reviews/boat-tests/oyster-565-yacht-bluewater-cruiser
I don't understand why so many sailboats continue to leave their helm station aft and exposed to the elements. In a cruising boat this size, this is just unnecessary traditionalism or lazy designers. Amel has it right with their protected center cockpit helm. Perfectly safe during a night watch.
@cornskid Having the steering controls located at the rear without protection from the elements does not seem like a good design, in a raging storm that means the helmsman is going to be exposed to crashing waves, wind and rain. I like the design of the Amel Super Maramu 2000 better which protects the helm from a storm better which was shown in this video during a raging night storm in Madagascar waters with 50 knot winds and 3 story high waves, the waves crashed right into the cockpit and if they didn't have the protection of a dodger it would have been even more dangerous for them, they had to stay up all night fighting the waves with the rudder, it is dangerous to leave the boat on autopilot during a violent storm. It is a question of whether you want a functional world cruiser or a rich man's toy to be used in friendly seas. ua-cam.com/video/nWhmLkOYDZM/v-deo.html
It’s like you buy a Mercedes and then call a bloke from the local garage to arrange a fabric roof not to drive in sun and rain
Fantastic boat. Oyster is the standard.
Funny Stuff - ... with a very innovative concept on swimming keels!
Lovely, but very definitely not ultimate! This boat however, with the high gloss cherry like wood interior finish of Amel boats, would look absolutely stunning 👌
wow, a good detailed review :).
Absolutely lovely boat. Spirit yachts not too far from them.
Not enough cup holder’s for me though.
Copper valve in the chain locker?? Idk but wouldn’t a stainless valve be a better choice? Just saying!
I really love this one, those seaside windows look amazing, certainly a dream bluewater cruiser! I still prefer the Amel 54 for design, practicality and price! You could get two brand new 54 for the price of this one! But if money wasn't an issue I would go for this one...Well Bitcoin you better get to $1Million by 2026!
Oups I meant the Amel 55
pilot bed is wonderful!!!!!
I like the windows and the plenty light and air in this boat better than the Amal
Amazing!!! Love this boat.
Nice interior with roomy Master and VIP. Engine room access is very tight.
WOW. I'm in love
I’m a landlocked boater who knows very little about sailing and I have a question. Why are there 2 helms?
The boat is beatifully finished, but sorry I didnt like the exposed cockpit. I'd rather have a solid dodger than giant tent on top of my £1.5m yacht.
It's a question of taste....
So what does monohull perfection cost? But what an incredible boat, especially for that size...
~ £1.5 million?
Are they able to keep the keel from falling off? Seems they had trouble with that in the past.
Not meant for the Norwegian coast im afraid! Helms are totally exposed to weather.
This is a fair weather vessel for southern latitudes.
Genuinely surprised the owner of a luxury boat drinks Nescafe instant coffee!
Probably belongs to the show crew
Exactly.
Most Europeans do drink instant "Nescafe" coffee.. it tastes very very very well and did.
He saved up to buy the boat
Whats the point of the press if you can stomach instant coffee
Great interior
Gorgeous.
Is it available with 2 hulls?
What, no self-tacking jib?
Any chance the flush deck hatches or side windows will leak?
Eventually. Given twenty years or so of neglect. But I imagine an owner would keep the inspections and maintenance on a schedule for the entirety of the ownership.
Overall, I am liking the French designs best. They are stylistically cleaner, more modern, rational and functional. Some of that is helped by the very high volume and cadence of designs due to a more active boating industry, i.e. more experience due to more designs created. Some of it is simply different stylistic sensibilities. This is without prejudice towards any particular nation, but simply reviewing the designs rationally.
While the sole panels not having a visible lifting handle is pretty, it's less practical to require a separate suction tool to lift them. In an emergency, searching for a tool is wasted time, provided one could find it. A visible handle also indicates the leverage direction for lifting.
1:30 Minor complaint: a horizontal winch, as for the anchor, is a capstan. A vertical winch is a windlass. This is a common error. So common that the distinction may already have been functionally lost in the English language.
What would be the reasons to opt against a dinghy garage?
Its useless!
Despite that lazzarete looks(huge) on video, in reality it can not hold a dinghy. And for what it can hold you'll need extender rails system to hoist and launch/store that same dinghy... which beats the advantage of the garage, i.e. easy and fast launching-storing!
And did I mention it can't not hold any practically sizable dinghy? 🤷
Oyster 565? Hey long time, no see, Sory got a real bad cloud that chases me.
"Easy boat to walk through", once you climb those steep steps!
The thing is, how many people have that sort of (even) money before retirement?
Well, build in a stair lift for the senior people. :-) Once you have that odd few millions quid, bucks or euros to pay for the boat, the handful of necessary options you have to tick won't be financially challenging. ;-)
My future boat...5 years time
I worked at oyster yachts in Norfolk..