Oyster Ketch

[Tenedos]

Anyone has information or experience on older Oysters (30+ years) that are ketch rigged? I came across one at 46ft that is center cockpit but I couldn't find much on this specific model.

[Ianau]

https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/oyster-46

[Tenedos]

Thanks, I saw that one as well. But if you compare the photo and the layout you will see they are different. The photo is a staysail ketch but the layout is of a Cutter.

There seems to be fairly different layouts:

https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/199...ckpit-2272297/
https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/198...er-46-2513946/

[ilenart]

The Oyster website has a section on heritage yachts. Its a little hard to find, attached is the link. I assume the one you are looking at is the Oyster HP46.

Ilenart

https://oysteryachts.com/heritage-yachts/

[Dockhead]

I almost bought a ketch-rigged Oyster 55.



It was a lovely boat.



A lot of the Oyster 435's were built as ketches.


Holman & Pye were doing a lot of ketches in the '80's. The Bowman 46 is another gorgeous boat (my pontoon neighbor in the Hamble had one of those).

[Tenedos]

Originally Posted by ilenart

The Oyster website has a section on heritage yachts. Its a little hard to find, attached is the link. I assume the one you are looking at is the Oyster HP46.

Ilenart

https://oysteryachts.com/heritage-yachts/

Thanks this nailed it. It is indeed the HP46.