Oyster 595

[Wansworth]

Advert for this yacht showing it crashing along with one man on the helm,it just fills me with a feeling of tiredness,just imagine that poor man taming that main putting out the giant fenders and grappling with the mooring lines to moor up in a marina,how they sell the dream

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Advert for this yacht showing it crashing along with one man on the helm,it just fills me with a feeling of tiredness,just imagine that poor man taming that main putting out the giant fenders and grappling with the mooring lines to moor up in a marina,how they sell the dream

They have very good auto pilots so the man can saunter up and place his fenders and lines ready for the marinaros to assist him when he docks with the aid of his bow and stern thrusters. You have much to learn grasshopper

 

[Wansworth]

I bow to your superior knowledge,now where are the sail ties?

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I bow to your superior knowledge,now where are the sail ties?

Sail ties what be they? In boom or lazy jacks and Park Lane boom with stack pack.

 

[Wansworth]

Well cleared that little worry I had……now it’s only the price??

 

[tudorsailor]

The advert on the Oyster site shows a 595 with hydraulic in mast furling and hydraulic headsail furler. When mooring up, help is from the retractable bow and stern thrusters.
Sigh
TS

 

[Wansworth]

I have to admit I would be out of my depth on a yacht like that and there would be nothing to do except maintain the systems and the teak deck rather a worry about things not working such large weights to shift if there was some kind of failure.

 

[Wansworth]

Going by the recurring adverts you are going to Bea lonely soul at the hem of your super yacht?

 

[WoodyP]

I crewed on an Oyster 56 with hydraulic furling. The mainsail leaked oil over the deck. The headsail furler broke and the anchor released itself and took lumps out of the boat. All this in a rising gale approaching Spain.
Technology ain't all its cracked up to be.

 

[Neeves]

The crew of such yachts do not worry, at all, about the cost of the yacht - all they worry about is how much they are being paid and the length of their contract.

The owners would never sail them themselves and are probably seldom on board. If it were privately owned yachts of that size are unmanageable, unless you have crew, despite all the aids and refuelling is a nightmare. I confess to have no knowledge of such large yachts but did have a friend with a 50' yacht and a couple who had a 50' cat - and they neither ever sailed without friends as crew. Even as crew you don't 'sail' but manage one winch etc.

sad

There is a lot to be said for a little yacht 24' - 35'

Jonathan

 

[Wansworth]

Went sailing on a matesboat about45 foot needed a little tableto reach the gooseneck everything so big including the sheets 18mm stuff large boats really need crew as back up

 

[Lightwave395]

In 2017 during a 3 month cruise around the Atlantic coast of France we met a charming American couple in their 60's sailing this stunning 62' yacht, they've done the Pacific and the Atlantic more than once and seemingly survived. They usually prefer to anchor but in this case had come into the pretty tight marina at Port Joinville and berthed next to us due to the forecast 40+ knot winds.
They have manual furling on all 3 headsails and in-boom for the main (they did have electric winches).

At the end of that season they left the boat in Concarneau and returned the following year setting off back to their home in Newport USA via the West coast of Ireland and Iceland.

My old 12M Oyster is nothing like the 595 but I'd buy one in a heartbeat if I had that sort of money

You don't stop adventuring when you get old, you get old when you stop adventuring...

 

[Wansworth]

In 2017 during a 3 month cruise around the Atlantic coast of France we met a charming American couple in their 60's sailing this stunning 62' yacht, they've done the Pacific and the Atlantic more than once and seemingly survived. They usually prefer to anchor but in this case had come into the pretty tight marina at Port Joinville and berthed next to us due to the forecast 40+ knot winds.
They have manual furling on all 3 headsails and in-boom for the main (they did have electric winches).

At the end of that season they left the boat in Concarneau and returned the following year setting off back to their home in Newport USA via the West coast of Ireland and Iceland.

My old 12M Oyster is nothing like the 595 but I'd buy one in a heartbeat if I had that sort of money

You don't stop adventuring when you get old, you get old when you stop adventuring...

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your photo shows a much more sensible rig and deck layout with a shelter….than the 595

 

[Lightwave395]

your photo shows a much more sensible rig and deck layout with a shelter….than the 595

I'm sure a buyer of such a yacht as the 595 would add the necessary cutter rig / furling / reefing ability to their spec no expense spared, not sure about the shelter comment as I have none at all on my boat so even a sprayhood would be a luxury, probably account for my weatherbeaten look...

 

[Wansworth]

I'm sure a buyer of such a yacht as the 595 would add the necessary cutter rig / furling / reefing ability to their spec no expense spared, not sure about the shelter comment as I have none at all on my boat so even a sprayhood would be a luxury, probably account for my weatherbeaten look...

The boat is marketed as an explorer yacht at least in one add I would have thought some form of protection from the elements would be essential the sun is very unpleasant day in day out,still the publicist must know their job .

 

[zoidberg]

During the several days I shared the 'management' of an Oyster 595 across Biscay to the west of Iberia, I discovered the most hazardous manoeuvre on that boat was down below....

....skating 'for miles' across the cathedral-like saloon in one's socks as 'No Seaboots Below'. There were NO handholds. Thanks be I managed to remember some skiing techniques from my misspent youth, as I did Racing Snowploughs and Carved Turns from companionway to forward heads, and back.

 

[dunedin]

The crew of such yachts do not worry, at all, about the cost of the yacht - all they worry about is how much they are being paid and the length of their contract.

The owners would never sail them themselves and are probably seldom on board. If it were privately owned yachts of that size are unmanageable, unless you have crew, despite all the aids and refuelling is a nightmare. I confess to have no knowledge of such large yachts but did have a friend with a 50' yacht and a couple who had a 50' cat - and they neither ever sailed without friends as crew. Even as crew you don't 'sail' but manage one winch etc.

sad

There is a lot to be said for a little yacht 24' - 35'

Jonathan

I think you are out of date. Sure an 80 foot Oyster will have a crew cabin or two - but with all the new power systems, yachts like this up to around 65 foot or so are now being actively sold as suitable for a couple to sail without professional crew.
And if you look at the boats doing the Oyster World Rally, or World ARC, you will see many of similar size sailed by owner and partner or friends. (Many do need a lot of support from technical expertise in various harbours, not necessarily for the sail handling system but all the various electronic and domestic systems)

 

[Blueboatman]

In 2017 during a 3 month cruise around the Atlantic coast of France we met a charming American couple in their 60's sailing this stunning 62' yacht, they've done the Pacific and the Atlantic more than once and seemingly survived. They usually prefer to anchor but in this case had come into the pretty tight marina at Port Joinville and berthed next to us due to the forecast 40+ knot winds.
They have manual furling on all 3 headsails and in-boom for the main (they did have electric winches).

At the end of that season they left the boat in Concarneau and returned the following year setting off back to their home in Newport USA via the West coast of Ireland and Iceland.

My old 12M Oyster is nothing like the 595 but I'd buy one in a heartbeat if I had that sort of money

You don't stop adventuring when you get old, you get old when you stop adventuring...

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I think I could live with that

It’s like an Amel on steroids of evolution ?

 

[Bobc]

I just found some change in my spare trousers, so I've ordered one.

 

[Tradewinds]

In 2017 during a 3 month cruise around the Atlantic coast of France we met a charming American couple in their 60's sailing this stunning 62' yacht, they've done the Pacific and the Atlantic more than once and seemingly survived. They usually prefer to anchor but in this case had come into the pretty tight marina at Port Joinville and berthed next to us due to the forecast 40+ knot winds.
They have manual furling on all 3 headsails and in-boom for the main (they did have electric winches).

At the end of that season they left the boat in Concarneau and returned the following year setting off back to their home in Newport USA via the West coast of Ireland and Iceland.

My old 12M Oyster is nothing like the 595 but I'd buy one in a heartbeat if I had that sort of money

You don't stop adventuring when you get old, you get old when you stop adventuring...

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Great looking boat - more info here
Visions of Johanna - 62' Modern Circumnavigator — ED JOY DESIGN