why buy a oyster26 over hustler 25.5

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Looking at Hustler 25.5 nice looking boat ticks lots of boxes. Looking for fast cruising boat 65 % of time single handed. Might race a little bit dependant on crew.
Also really like oyster 26 particularly fractional rig set up. Both boats from what I have read sail really well on all points off sail. is a oyster really worth £6000 more than a hustler Want to buy oyster 26 but why are they so much over priced. someone help me make my mind up? thanks in advance for replies.
 
jellidreamer said:
Looking at Hustler 25.5 nice looking boat ticks lots of boxes. Looking for fast cruising boat 65 % of time single handed. Might race a little bit dependant on crew.
Also really like oyster 26 particularly fractional rig set up. Both boats from what I have read sail really well on all points off sail. is a oyster really worth £6000 more than a hustler Want to buy oyster 26 but why are they so much over priced. someone help me make my mind up? thanks in advance for replies.
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The fact that you want the Oyster speaks for itself.
How much is it?
Cost of owning a boat is much more than the purchase cost.
If you are lucky/careful/well timed, you could get most of the purchase cost back, but other costs are 'current account'.

You have to buy an individual yacht, not the 'average' Oyster or Hustler.
The rewards of buying the best boat you can, may outlive the pain of the extra cash.
 
Sailed a 25.5 extensively in my younger days. The rig, by modern standards, is old fashioned - big genny, small main. We used to solve the reefing problem with a wardrobe of decreasingly smaller gennies/jibs. Nowadays, with roller reefing almost universal, you might struggle to get a 25.5 to point in stronger winds, with the genny part-rolled. One other thing I recall is that it paid to reef relatively early; once she started to heel past a reasonable angle, the load on the rudder/tiller built up to become a struggle - maybe to do with the slant of the rudder. Pressed hard enough the rudder would give up, and she'd broach up to windward. Nice little boat though and we did a bit of JOG racing in her, as well as a few x-channel jollies. Of the Oyster 26, I know nothing. Wouldn't be surprised to find that both boats were built in the same place - Landamores. If so, expect very little difference in build quality.
 
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