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Oyster 675 – tested and reviewed

As she hit the water, oyster’s award-winning new 675 displayed a new standard in luxury.

If you went to Southampton Boat Show, you might have seen three sets of spreaders climbing above the other masts in the marina. Towering more than 100ft above the waterline, Oyster’s new 675 has an awe-inspiring rig.

At 69ft 1in from pushpit to bowsprit, the boat is in the middle of Oyster’s range, which now runs from 47ft to 118ft. And she is comfortably the largest boat we’ve ever tested in these pages.

Built at Oyster’s Norfolk yard, alongside the smaller production boats, she comes from the pen of the legendary Rob Humphreys, whose association with the brand now accounts for every single boat in today’s line-up. Oyster CEO David Tydeman refers to the 675 as part of the “coupé range” – between the smaller family boats and the larger crewed boats.

A number of big boat features have trickled down – like underwater lights (controlled from the helm pedestal), retractable hydraulic passerelle and instrument pods on either side of the companionway. From the first moments aboard, this feels like a mini superyacht.

She has the Oyster eyebrow connecting the deck saloon to the cockpit coaming, and the classic retroussé stern (although an extended transom version is also available adding 4ft on deck).

Coming aboard, you cross the stout bulwarks onto wide side decks. There is an impressive acreage of teak deck behind the helming positions, which provides all sorts of useful space on deck and headroom in the owner’s cabin below.

Though the standard rig is for alloy spars and rod rigging, Oyster offers a carbon mast and boom (£75,000 extra) which should naturally remove considerable top hamper and improve sailing performance. In the context of a £2.5m boat, this would be a very worthwhile investment.

Oyster has worked hard to keep side decks clear, running the main sheet through the coaming and the jib sheets through custom stainless lead eyes in the coachroof sides from a very tight sheeting angle.

Up at the bow, Oyster has introduced another feature from its larger yachts: the moulded-in bowsprit. It subtly alters the classic Oyster silhouette, offering a huge platform for launching two anchors, and with two very sturdy tack points for Code 0 or downwind sails.

The hull is a laminate of GRP, Kevlar for impact resistance below the waterline, and carbon fibre for stiffness and light weight. Above the waterline, vacuum infusion is used, with carbon fibre chainplates to transfer the loads from the V1/D1 shrouds to the hull. The twin spade rudders are similarly built of GRP and carbon for stiffness.

Layouts below are customisable and Oyster thinks the most popular option will see the owner’s cabin positioned aft across the whole beam of the boat.

There are plenty of useful flourishes about the galley and saloon, including a Nespresso machine that folds out of a cabinet, a one-drawer dishwasher, a full-height Frigoboat fridge-freezer and a drinks fridge in the saloon table.

LOA: 69ft 1in (21.1m) LWL: 59ft 7in (18.2m) Beam: 18ft 6in (5.7m) Draught: 9ft 8in/6ft 3in (3.0m/1.9m) Displacement: 37.t (82, 607lb) Sail area: 2,465sq ft (229sq m) Engine: Volvo D-4-180 (180hp)

PERFORMANCE Sail area/displacement: 20.4 LWL/displacement: 175 AVS: 125° As tested: £2.48m ex-VAT

Contact: oysteryachts.com

A boat of this size is a very serious investment, and you want to know that you don’t have to think about every tiny detail yourself. Oyster’s long years of building bluewater blockbusters means exactly that – their designers and technicians have sweated all the small stuff for you. Every decision has been weighed up carefully to deliver a boat that is, above all, safe, solid and seamanlike.

There are some new features on board for a family Oyster – the huge fold-down bathing platform and moulded-in bowsprit, for example. But don’t be fooled; she is still every inch an Oyster. I would unhesitatingly cross oceans in the 675, and expect to do so in considerable comfort. Yes, there are handholds where you want them and lee-cloths, fail-safes on key pumps and filters and an array of rig possibilities. But really, the biggest decisions a buyer will have to make are about rig, finish and layout – do you want the extra cabin or would you rather a workshop space, for instance? Standard rig or upgrade to inmast furling or carbon spars?

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Oyster 675 video – footage from our trials aboard Oyster’s brand new first 675

• Toby Hodges
• November 2, 2016

Oyster Yachts’ popularity lies with its bluewater cruisers up to 60ft and, more recently its unrivalled success with 80 footers. Yet this season sees the British yard launch two new models in the ‘midsize’ range, the 675 and 745. Toby Hodges has been aboard both and trialled this Oyster 675 directly after her Southampton Boatshow debut.

When it comes to series-building large cruising yachts, Oyster Yachts is the undisputed world leader. In the 60ft size range alone it has, over its 40-year heritage, produced a 61, 62, 625, 655, 665, 66, 675 and a 68 – and has built 73 of these size yachts during its current 15-year partnership with designer Rob Humphreys alone.

The company considers this new Oyster 675 to be about the limit in size an owner can still operate a yacht without crew, yet concedes that a temporary paid hand may still be advised to keep the yacht suitably maintained. But it has simultaneously launched another new design, the 745 for those who will sail with crew. And it’s given this new ‘midsize’ range its own ‘coupe’ style.

These yachts herald a new modern look and era for Oyster. The hull shapes, drawn by Humphreys Yacht Design, are more powerful than their predecessors, more beamy with greater form stability. They sport twin rudders, flush foredecks and blade jibs and have more power in their rigs and keels.

They are still bluewater cruisers but they have been given a very purposeful, current look. A stretched coachroof window line marks the style of this new range.

Over and above the contemporary shapes and styles, however, it is the flexibility of choice that comes with the Oyster 675 and 745 which sets them apart. This 675 is the first Oyster to offer a forward master cabin from design stage and there are a wide variety of internal layouts available.

All models from the Oyster 675 and above are now offered with conventional sloping transoms or extended vertical transoms as standard. The extended version doubles the size of the lazarette stowage and creates the option for a tender garage – another first for Oyster.

It is rare for an owner to know exactly what they want in a yacht of this size. So having all these options designed-in is a useful solution for owner and yard to create a personalised yacht.

See our full report in the December 2016 issue of Yachting World

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The Oyster 675 is a powerful yacht , designed to extend the capability of the popular 625 and taking advantage of the work we had carried out on recent Oyster hull forms with their refined twin rudder control. Jamie Collins, head of Oyster Brokerage and an exceptionally good sailor in his own right, was pretty thrilled when he wrote to us to say that ‘she was fantastic. Jesper (Banks) and I were on board with Mark (Durham) and the boat was wonderfully balanced with full main and jib. No weather helm whatsoever and brilliant tracking. High 9’s all day long and great/comfortable height.’

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