Oyster 406

[auditdata]

Thanks

Will fix now.

 

[auditdata]

As of Monday morning

Getting there but no contact from owners which was the original purpose, I guess this will take time.....
Name, Hull Number?, Location
Sephina,12a,N.Wales
Beluga,14,England SE
Sunday's Child,32, ?
Boysterous,?,?
Gerda,?,?
Cooktown Orchid,?,Orwel UK
Selkie Dancer,?,Scotland
First Light,? ,Australia
Rapaz,?,?
Blue Boojum,?,?
Lucy Alice,?,?
Wild Oyster ,?,?
Mailbu,?,?
Miss Molly of Shamrock,?,?
Muskrat,?,?
Sakida,?,?
Santenay,?,?
Australe,?,?
Blue Beat,?,?
Nikita,?,?
15 to go.....

 

[pvb]

You missed off Nikita (see my post yesterday).

 

[auditdata]

Drat

 

[Whitty]

one in troon think its called mallibu ?

 

[selkiedancer]

A little more for your quest - our 406 is hull 9 and was originally named "No Comment", she later became "Oyster Pet" and we renamed her "Selkie Dancer" in 2005. After two years of getting to know her off the west coast of the UK we re-engined her and then set off for the Med in 2007 and have been there ever since. We maintain a website that may or may not encourage others - www.burntisland.co.uk - good luck with the circumnavigation - a 406 is well up to it.

 

[auditdata]

Thanks I will update the spread sheet. Have recently created a web site to map the refit and journey. www.sephina.org
It has been useful to have two other owners email contacts (Muskrat and Beluga) as I have been able to get the answer to sometimes pretty dumb questions.
This forum has also been fantastic at helping a novice DIYer

Clive

 

[BENATANS]

As a new owner of an Oyster 406 I have spent the buying period searching the web for details of the Oyster 406 prior to the purchase. I have been surprised by the lack of posts, forums or websites for what I consider is now rapidly becoming a classic boat. I know from the history section of the Oyster Brokerage that 35 of these 'live aboard' blue water cruising boats were built between 1986 and 1990 however very little else appears to be around apart from the usual “boats for sale” postings.
Assuming no complete “write offs” there are 34 of you out there who between you have a wealth of knowledge of this marque. I am about to refit mine for a circumnavigation and would welcome tapping into and sharing your experience. I am happy to host photos of layouts, refits, best ways to add a generator etc etc.
I have a number of burning questions but will see if I am just talking to myself first!
Clive
Wales, UK

Hello to all oyster 406 family,
My husband and I are thinking of enjoying your family
But have a lot of questions..
But the most important one is to understand if the maintaining of an oyster boat is more expensive from other boat at the same year? (1988)
And we would like to know pls if somebody can share with us how much money per year or month we will need for maintenance ?
The boat we are thinking to buy is in a very good hands.
Thank in advance for the replies
Benatans.

 

[BENATANS]

Re: Oyster 406- maintenance

Hello to all oyster 406 family,
My husband and I are thinking of enjoying your family
But have a lot of questions..
But the most important one is to understand if the maintaining of an oyster boat is more expensive from other boat at the same year? (1988)
And we would like to know pls if somebody can share with us how much money per year or month we will need for maintenance ?
The boat we are thinking to buy is in a very good hands.
Thank in advance for the replies
Benatans.

 

[Skipper_Christoph]

Re: Oyster 406- maintenance

How long is a piece of string?

It really depends on your ability to do maintenance yourself, location (cost for marina or mooring) etc.

 

[dom]

Re: Oyster 406- maintenance

Hello to all oyster 406 family,
My husband and I are thinking of enjoying your family
...

Hi, welcome and some good questions here. Best starting a new thread though as this one is almost 10 years old!

 

[scotty123]

you cud by right about it being on Scuttlebutt, but hey ho.

Tome had an Oyster Heritage 37 which has recently been put up for sale by his gorgeous widow...... its about 50yards from my office ! Happy to deal with any enquiries on this one, as well!

Have you details, photo, of "gorgeous widow"?

 

[pvb]

Have you details, photo, of "gorgeous widow"?

That's not in very good taste.:disgust:

 

[tudorsailor]

Re: Oyster 406- maintenance

Hello to all oyster 406 family,
My husband and I are thinking of enjoying your family
But have a lot of questions..
But the most important one is to understand if the maintaining of an oyster boat is more expensive from other boat at the same year? (1988)
And we would like to know pls if somebody can share with us how much money per year or month we will need for maintenance ?
The boat we are thinking to buy is in a very good hands.
Thank in advance for the replies
Benatans.

If you do buy yourself an Oyster 406, please join the Owner's website/forum at www.oyster-owners.com However I would point out that it is a closed site and not the place where you could ask questions when thinking of buying a 406, but a great resource after you have committed to buy.

TudorSailor

 

[Concerto]

Re: Oyster 406- maintenance

If you do buy yourself an Oyster 406, please join the Owner's website/forum at www.oyster-owners.com However I would point out that it is a closed site and not the place where you could ask questions when thinking of buying a 406, but a great resource after you have committed to buy.

TudorSailor

That is very short sighted of whoever is running the web site. The best source of information on any particular boat will always be an owners forum. If I was considering buying an Oyster, I would be less inclined to buy without specialist advice. Most owner/forum web sites have a large portion of their site available to all. I have a Westerly and they actively encourage potential buyers to check out the different classes available including the specification, original brochures, sail test reports, possible faults to watch for, plus which boats are for sale and finally access to ask questions on the forum after a simple free registration. The only things someone who is not a member of association does not get is access to technical improvements members have made and copies of the association magazine. I also know other owners association web sites act in a similar way like Moody, Southerly, Bavaria, etc.

So TudorSailor perhaps you should suggest that Oyster owners should be more welcoming on their web site.

 

[tudorsailor]

Re: Oyster 406- maintenance

That is very short sighted of whoever is running the web site. The best source of information on any particular boat will always be an owners forum. If I was considering buying an Oyster, I would be less inclined to buy without specialist advice. Most owner/forum web sites have a large portion of their site available to all. I have a Westerly and they actively encourage potential buyers to check out the different classes available including the specification, original brochures, sail test reports, possible faults to watch for, plus which boats are for sale and finally access to ask questions on the forum after a simple free registration. The only things someone who is not a member of association does not get is access to technical improvements members have made and copies of the association magazine. I also know other owners association web sites act in a similar way like Moody, Southerly, Bavaria, etc.

So TudorSailor perhaps you should suggest that Oyster owners should be more welcoming on their web site.

Maybe I should add that when approached by a potential buyer of a particular model of Oyster, we offer to put the potential buyer in touch with a current owner of that model. In that way the discussions remain offline, and the email/forum traffic is kept to a minimum

TS

 

[neil1967]

Re: Oyster 406- maintenance

Hello to all oyster 406 family,
My husband and I are thinking of enjoying your family
But have a lot of questions..
But the most important one is to understand if the maintaining of an oyster boat is more expensive from other boat at the same year? (1988)
And we would like to know pls if somebody can share with us how much money per year or month we will need for maintenance ?
The boat we are thinking to buy is in a very good hands.
Thank in advance for the replies
Benatans.

We have Vivere - 406/14 - built in 1987. It is difficult to quantify the cost in relation to other boats of the same year - personally I doubt it makes much difference. What makes it an Oyster is its hull shape/design and build quality. Most of the parts that can go wrong will be similar to other yachts of the same age, unless they have already been replaced - a Perkins 4108 engine is the same irrespective of what yacht it is in.Impossible to say how much she will cost to maintain - how much kit has been replaced already - we have replaced the cooker, the radar, the chartplotter, instruments, standing rigging, etc, etc. How old are the sails and the rigging? What condition is the teak deck in? What about the sprayhood and the diesel heater? Please PM me if you want any more detailed information - which one are you looking at?

 

[Concerto]

Re: Oyster 406- maintenance

Maybe I should add that when approached by a potential buyer of a particular model of Oyster, we offer to put the potential buyer in touch with a current owner of that model. In that way the discussions remain offline, and the email/forum traffic is kept to a minimum

TS

That is a sensible approach, pity you did not mention it before.

 

[scotty123]

Re: Oyster 406- maintenance

Maybe I should add that when approached by a potential buyer of a particular model of Oyster, we offer to put the potential buyer in touch with a current owner of that model. In that way the discussions remain offline, and the email/forum traffic is kept to a minimum

TS

Whilst browsing boats for sale, "Night Sky" keeps popping up (435).
Why has this been on the market for so long? Looks ok on websites & price not excessive, is there a problem with it?

 

[Blue Sunray]

Re: Oyster 406- maintenance

Maybe I should add that when approached by a potential buyer of a particular model of Oyster, we offer to put the potential buyer in touch with a current owner of that model. In that way the discussions remain offline, and the email/forum traffic is kept to a minimum

TS

A forum that's aim is to keep it's traffic to a minimum? That sounds frankly a bit odd.