OYSTER MARINE LTD Oyster 56

One of the last G5 Oyster 56s from the drawing board of Rob Humphreys, built in 2010, she was commissioned by a highly exacting Swedish owner and lacks for nothing in terms of specification. Dark blue topsides, white superstructure and teak-laid decks. Her white-painted spar and boom are supported by a fully hydraulic sail-handling system for both mainsail and headsails, with Reckmann furlers forward. Standing rigging was fully replaced and furlers serviced in 2025 by All Spars. In-mast furling mainsail and full-time cutter rig. Davits, stern anchor and, did I mention, the stainless-steel crow’s nest? She is equally impressive below decks, with a teak interior, desirable four-cabin layout and bright, airy saloon. Equipped with all the bluewater essentials for comfortable cruising, including a generator, watermaker, air conditioning and one of the most comprehensively equipped galleys I have seen. ENJOY LIFE has benefited from excellent ownership under both her original and current custodians, with diligent maintenance and continuous upgrades throughout. She is turnkey ready for new adventures.

Construction

RCD Status: The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC or RCDII (2013/53/EU as appropriate (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A – “Ocean” (or Cat B – whichever is appropriate)

 

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• Hull Number 75.
• Laid-up GRP, single skin with structural stringers and floors to Lloyds approved design specification. Outer hull laminate in Vinylester resin.
• Dark blue hull painted in Awlgrip with cove line and double boot top lines in gold.
• Deck moulded in GRP with balsa core.
• Teak laid decks with varnished teak capping rail.

 

Keel & Rudder:

• High performance bulb (HPB) external lead shoal keel.
• Fully protected skeg-hung rudder.

 

Stern Design:

• “Sugar scoop” stern design with bathing platform trimmed with teak, and stainless steel steps for access to the stern deck.
• Incorporated stern anchor and windlass.

Machinery

Engine & Gearboxes:

• 1 x Yanmar 4JH4-HTP four-cylinder diesel engine producing 160hp at 3300rpm.
• Halyard Marine exhaust water separator and GRP waterlock.

 

Maintenance & Performance:

• Engine hours – 2543 as of June 2026.
• Engine last serviced: June 2026.
• Cruising speed – approx 7-8 knots.
• Maximum speed – approx 9-10 knots.
• Fuel consumption at cruising speed – approx 1 litre per Nautical mile.
• Range @ cruising speed – approx circa 1000 Nm.

 

Propulsion & Steering:

• Maxprop propeller.
• Ambassador AM-15 rope cutter.
• MaxPower tunnel bow thruster CT165 with eyebrow. 11hp with joystick control and linked to AutoAnchor remote.
• Whitlock Mamba cable system with remote "Athena” pedestal. Stainless steel wheel with leather cover.

 

Hydraulics:

• Lewmar 400-4 Commander system to operate headsail furling, staysail furling. mainsail furling and mainsail outhaul. Both Reckman headsail furlers serviced as part of the 2025 re-rig.

Electrical Systems

Voltage Systems:

• Ship’s Supply - 24V DC.
• Ring Main - 220V AC ring main with 7 double 2-pin Euro Schuko outlet sockets located as appropriate within the layout.

Additional Electrical Sockets:

• 2 x 12V (SA) waterproof sockets at pedestal.
• 2 x 12V AUX sockets at chart table.
• 2 x waterproof sockets in lazarette with 12V 30A dropper.

 

Battery Banks:

• Domestic - 4 x Mastervolt Lithium Ion batteries giving a total of 720Ah. New 2018.
• Engine start - 2 x 12v batteries wired in parallel, giving 176AH.

 

Battery Chargers:

• Mastervolt 220V MASS 24/100 charger.
• 2 x Mastervolt MassCombi charger/inverters.
• Mastervolt MasterView monitor.
• Mastervolt MICC and C3-RS charger controller.
• Emergency link.

 

Alternators:

• 60A 12V alternator for engine start batteries.
• 150A 24V Mastervolt alternator for domestic batteries.

 

Generator:

• Westerbeke BTD9.2 generator, 9.2kW at 220V/50Hz.
• Generator hours - 1833 @ June 2026.
• Date of last service May 2025.

 

Shore Power:

• 2 x 30A dockside power cables (second cable for extra air conditioning loads).

Plumbing Systems

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

• Hot water from an insulated approx.73 litre tank, heated by the engine's heat exchanger, or by thermostatically-controlled 220V, 1.25kW immersion heater elements powered by the generator or dockside power.
• Pressurised hot and cold fresh water system - PAR CW335A Max pump with pressure accumulator tank.
• Quooker boiling water tap.
• Seafresh UV sterilisers.
• Jabsco drinking water filter.
• Freshwater foot pump.

Watermaker:

• Seafresh 208A, 22CN AC watermaker (approx. l40l/hr) with product gauge and automatic flush.

Manifold:

• Manifold for seawater inlets to reduce through-hull fittings.

Bilge Pumps:

• Jabsco Utility 3000 puppy electric bilge pump, with Par hydro switch.
• Henderson MkV manual bilge pump operated from the cockpit.

Tankage

• Tank tender fuel gauges.

 

Fuel:

• Total fuel capacity approx. 1,070 litres in 2 x GRP tanks.
• Parallel plumbed engine and generator racors in aft starboard cabin with vacuum gauges.
• Fuel polishing system with Algaex inline fuel filter for main engine feed.
• Jabsco oil change system.  

Fresh Water:

• Total fresh water capacity approx. 950 litres in one integral GRP tank.

Grey/Blackwater Holding Tanks:

• Polypropylene gravity emptying holding tank with Wema gauge for each head.
• Showers and washbasins discharge to two sump tanks. one forward and one aft. Evacuated by dedicated electric Whale 'Gulper' pump overboard.
• Galley sink empties directly via electric Whale 'Gulper'.

Navigation Equipment

• Flush mounted SIRS Major 150mm diameter compass.
• 1 x 12” Raymarine hybrid touch plotter.
• 1 X Raymarine MFD at companionway.
• 1 x Raymarine I70 MFD at chart table.
• Raymarine ST7000 with Raymarine Smart controller wireless autopilot remote.
• Windex at masthead.
• Furuno NX300 Navtex receiver linked to NMEA GPS with antenna on pole.
• Raymarine 240E VHF with hailer/foghorn function.
• Second handset and speaker in cockpit.
• Sailor Fleet 250 BGAN mounted on stern antenna pole.
• Vasari PC and 17" Neovo screen. Additional 19" Neovo screen in timber frame at chart table.
• Computer replaced 2018.
• FLIR Navigator II, pan and tilt thermal imaging camera (for navigation and collision avoidance) on first spreader with control on pedestal.
• 2 x cameras under first spreader - one looking forward, one looking aft.

Domestic Equipment

• Bosch washer/dryer (located Saloon).

 

Galley:

• Force 10 electric cooker/oven.
• Panasonic microwave.
• Frigomatic keel-cooled 24V DC refrigerator, stainless steel front opening.
• Frigomatic water-cooled 24V DC freezer, twin compressor with twin plates in top opening freezer box.
• U-Line SS95 icemaker.
• Fisher & Paykel single dishwasher drawer.
• Built-in Nespresso machine.
• Larger than normal bin with removable circular access panel from countertop.
• Oyster customised Wedgwood bone China crockery.
• Oyster customised Sheffield / Robert Welch stainless steel cutlery.

Heads/Showers:

• 2 x Electric TECMA freshwater toilet.

Heating & Ventilation:

• Webasto DW thermo 90 water heating with blade thermostats. 6 fan cells with 2 in the saloon and 1 in each cabin.
• 220V Cruisair reverse cycle system, comprising of 1 x 18,000BTU unit In the saloon, 1 x 16,000 BTU unit In the aft cabin with duct to aft starboard cabin and 1 x 12,000BTU unlt with ducting to the port forward cabin. Total of 46,000 BTU at 60Hz. Totally refurbished in 2025.
• 6 × removable Caframo Bora fans.

Forward Cabin:

• Alpine double DIN touchscreen stereo.
• Pair of speakers In headlining.
• Vimar RMS outlet for network.

Saloon:

• Sony 26" flat screen TV in starboard hull port.
• Anthony Gallo 5:1 speakers.
• iPod dock.
• Speakers in headlining connected to cockpit stereo.
• 2 x USB sockets in Vimar surround above washing machine.

Aft Starboard Cabin:

• 2 x USB sockets.

Owner’s Stateroom:

• Sony 22" flat screen TV on forward bulkhead.
• Alpine DVD/CD/Tuner with iPod control and two speakers in headlining.
• 2 x Vimar RMS outlets - one for BGAN and one for network.

Cockpit:

• Pair of Bose waterproof speakers.

General:

• Status Omni directional aerial mounted at masthead for TV and FM.

Interior Lighting:

• Down light type halogen lights in polished Chrome finish In headlinings, all dimmable.
• Reading light for each berth.
• 3 x dome lights in engine room.
• Red courtesy footlights on each saloon step.
• Red lights in headlinings in galley and at chart table.
• Flexible light at chart table.

Exterior Lighting:

• Boom Light over cockpit table.
• Pair of lower spreader down lights switched at pedestal.
• 3 x pairs of spreader up lights switched at pedestal.
• 2 x lights mounted in lazarette.
• Timage LED courtesy lights - 2 x on transom, 1 x on aft deck, 2 x under pedestal and 2 x under cockpit table. Switched at pedestal and by Dolphin Marine security remote.
• 6 x Ocean LED underwater lights.
• Swivelling aft deck light mounted on antenna pole, switched at pedestal and by Dolphin Marine security remote.
• Blue water lights LED bow and stern navigation lights.
• Blue water lights LED steaming/deck floodlight.
• Blue water lights LED bi-white anchor/navigation light at masthead.

Accommodation

Summary of Accommodation:

• 8 berths in 4 cabins excluding the saloon.

• Designed to be modern and coordinated whilst remaining practical and durable at sea.
• Essential features include sculpted fiddles and grab rails, shadow-gap joints between panels, and Oyster custom knobs for lockers and drawers.
• Cabin sole in unnatural flooring over teak planking.
• Surfaces in the galley and heads finished in Avonite, colour "Limestone".
• Headlining in off-white vinyl.
• Upholstery in the saloon, aft cabin and forward cabin in JMT Aquamarine leather.
• Saloon seating double-stitched with matching thread and fitted with extra seat bases.
• Mattress covers in Planada, colour "Vanilla".
• Crew covers in the saloon and at the chart table in KH Crushed, colour "Vanilla".
• Saloon table cover in Nautolex Ivory vinyl.
• Lee screens on sea berths.
• Hull ports and coachroof ports fitted with Oceanair blinds (blackout blinds in cabins).
• Oceanair Skysol pleated blinds on saloon windows.
• Oceanair Skyscreens on all deck hatches.
• Saloon, aft cabin and galley hull ports trimmed in teak.

Description of layout from forwards:

Forward Double Cabin:

• A spacious double cabin with centreline double berth, upholstered seat and vanity table.
• Plentiful clothes lockers and a hanging locker.
• The deck is accessible via the fore hatch.
• Mattress with memory foam and double stitched headboard and side panels.

Shared Head/Shower:

• Avonite countertop.
• TECMA freshwater toilet.
• Heated towel rail.
• Removable hook in headlining in shower.

Port Forward Twin Cabin:

• With upper and lower berths.
• Lockers for clothes.
• Vanity unit.
• Hanging locker.
• 3 x lockers outboard of the lower bunk with drop down doors.
• 1 x fold down luggage rack on corridor bulkhead.

Galley:

• Avonite “Malt” countertops.
• Stainless steel double sinks.
• Custom stowage solution outboard of stove with two-level stainless-steel rack.
• Custom pull-out baskets and lockers with pull-out shelves.
• Extra shelving in lockers outboard of freezer.

Saloon:

• Light and airy Saloon with surrounding windows, two of the three forward windows open as well as the two portholes.
• Square extending dining table to port.
• Lockers and a central shelf to hull port.
• Two-seater settee to starboard.
• Large locker forward where the washing machine is located.
• Bottle storage built-in to table pedestal.
• Additional glass storage.
• Lee cloth for port side seating.

Navigation Area:

• Admiralty chart table.
• Navigation and communication equipment is flush mounted in grey Alcantara.
• Stowage for navigational books and almanacs.
• Removable webbing strap at the same height as the chart table for security when rough.
• Angled panel directly in front of nav seat to house 19" screen.

Aft Starboard Cabin:

• Twin berths.
• Racor/watermaker locker.
• Waterproof hanging rail.
• Printer shelf.

Owner's Stateroom:

• With a double berth offset from the centreline.
• A large, cedar lined full height hanging locker with lift up locker above. Abundant drawer and locker space.
• TV unit on engine room bulkhead with 22" TV, unit has mid height shelf and timber doors with 4 drawers above. Pull-out baskets in bottom section.
• Full height mirror on head door.
• Alpine stereo with 2 speakers.
• Mattress with memory foam and double stitched headboard and side panels.
• 2 x 2 brick safes with digital keypads; one in wardrobe and one above headlining at port aft end of cabin.

En Suite:

• With a moulded washbasin set in an Avonite 'Limestone' countertop.
• Electric TECMA freshwater toilet.
• Stainless steel heated towel rail.
• Removable hook in headlining in shower.

Cockpit

• Stainless steel dorade guards aft.
• Walk-through teak-laid cockpit.
• Stainless steel drinks holders at pedestal, companionway and pushpit seats.
• Larger than standard varnished teak cockpit table with stainless steel frame, folding leaves and refrigerated insulated GRP box.

Deck Equipment

Rig:

• Formula Stoway hydraulic in-mast furling rig.
• New standing Rigging 2025
• Spectra preventer lines.
• Navtec solid rod vang.
• Hydraulic backstay ram with remote panel.
• Jumper struts.
• 2 x folding Mast steps at masthead.
• Crow’s nest platform above radar with hip height rails with stainless steel tubing and teak.
• Alloy folding mast steps from base to first spreader to access crow's nest.
• 2 x No strike Ion dissipators at masthead.
• Windex at masthead.
• Wichard padeye on each side deck and sugar scoop for halyard parking.

Headsail Furling:

• Reckmann hydraulic furling headstay. Serviced 2025.
• Reckmann hydraulic furling staysail. Serviced 2025.

Winches:

• Lewmar chrome self-tailing winches.
• 2 × 68 CEST two speed electric self-tailing primary winches.
• 2 × 54 CST secondary winches.
• 1 x 48 CEST electric mainsheet winch.
• 1 x 54 CEST electric deck mounted halyard winch.
• 1 x 48 CST mast mounted halyard winch.
• 1 x 48 CST winch for mainsheet traveller with 2 x double clutches and double block traveller car.

Spinnaker Gear:

• Carbon spinnaker pole vertically stowed on mast with butt hoist winch.
• Including pole topping lift and foreguy, halyard, a pair of sheets, guys blocks and fittings.

Sails:

• Dolphin Sails.
• Furling mainsail.
• Genoa.
• Staysail.
• Sailkote on all white sails.

General:

• Cooney S225 electric davits (225kg maximum load) with belly bands and dinghy locator kit.
• Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit.
• Lazarette locker with twin stainless steel gas struts. Gas struts on aft deck locker lids.
• Liferaft storage built into port-side pushpit.
• Stern quarter pushpit seats in teak and stainless steel with permanently fitted seat-backs.
• 2m stainless steel sternpost on aft deck for navigation and communications antenna including aft deck floodlight.
• Gas locker (used for storage – no gas on board).
• Additional hand-sized stainless steel grab handles on transom.
• Saloon rooftop painted with non-slip deck paint.
• Cockpit coaming lockers to port and starboard of wheel. Stainless steel bar in lazarette for hanging lines.

Deck Access:

• Midships gateway stanchions with stainless steel hinged boarding ladders which close up to form side gates.
• Gate to pushpit. Scandinavian opening pulpit with teak seat.
• Stainless steel bathing ladder with teak treads.
• Pair of side boarding ladders in stainless steel.
• Besenzoni hydraulic passerelle with up/down/extend/retract functions, four remote controls, fixed control on the davits and manual backup.

Hatches:

• Oyster custom drop-down washboard system.
• Lewmar alloy-framed deck hatches.
• Gebo alloy-framed coaming port lights to galley and starboard cabin with fly screens.
• Gebo opening hull ports with fly screens.

Deck Plumbing:

• Hot and cold freshwater deck shower in transom locker.
• Freshwater anchor deck wash pump at bow.

Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

• Lewmar V4 vertical capstan type 24V electric anchor windlass. Lewmar V3 gypsy/drum windlass for stern anchor.
• 55kg Rocna Vulcan anchor with 100m of 12mm calibrated stainless steel chain.
• Luke 80lb kedge anchor with 2m of 12mm chain plus 100m of 16mm octoplait line stowed in custom divided anchor locker section.
• Fold down 20kg stainless steel Lewmar Claw anchor with 80m of 10mm stainless steel chain as stern anchor.
• Stainless steel mooring cleats with additional port-side cleat and additional stern fairleads.

Covers, Canvas & Cushions:

• Fold-down companionway sprayhood with zip-up central window and two wing pockets in “Dune”.
• Leather-covered stainless steel grab rail at aft end of sprayhood, extended for use on side decks.
• Bimini in “Dune” with window and cover for boom light and helm window.
• Bimini includes sides and back to make a cockpit enclosure.
• Covers for cockpit table, pedestal and steering wheel in “Dune”.
• Cockpit cushions in light grey-blue piping.
• Permanent pushpit seat backrests with thin cushion bases.
• 1 x cushion for area in front of mast.
• Sun awning for forward of mast with roll-down sides.
• Battened boom tent. Winter cover in Weathermax.
• Over-davit dinghy cover and outboard cover in “Dune”.
• Hatch and winch covers in “Dune”.

Tender & Outboard:

• Avon 3.4m RIB in grey.
• Tohatsu 15hp outboard engine 2020.
• Outboard bracket rated to 40kg.

Safety Equipment

• 6 person ocean Safety Ocean ISO liferaft with integral SOLAS B grab bag.
• SeaMe radar reflector at mast head.
• Echomax 230 radar reflector on mast.
• Horseshoe life ring.
• Jonbuoy Recovery Module.
• Webbing jackstays.
• Wichard harness eyes in cockpit.
• Emergency tiller.

 

Fire-Fighting Equipment:

• Various including automatic fire extinguisher in engine bay.

 

Alarms:

• Gas solenoid alarm in galley.

 

Other Safety Features:

• CCTV camera on first spreader.
• Fog horn/hailer system.
• Watertight bulkheads.
• Two brick safes fitted.
• Heyco Marine tool kit plus additional tool drawers in engine room.
• Spares and Oyster Manuals Included.