Oyster 42
Sailboat
41′ 10″
Monohull
Since 1996
Overview
- Builder
- Oyster
- Model
- 42
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1996–2002
- Designer
- Holman & Pye
- Hull material
- Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi masthead
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 41′ 10″ (12.75 m)
- Waterline length
- 33′ 10″ (10.31 m)
- Beam
- 12′ 10″ (3.91 m)
- Draft
- 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Displacement
- 26,455 lb (12,000 kg)
- Ballast
- 8,091 lb (3,670 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 50 hp
- Fuel
- 119 gal (450 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 1,006 sq ft (93.5 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 18.1
- Displacement / length
- 305
- Ballast ratio
- 31%
- Capsize screening
- 1.72
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Share of the weight that is ballast. Higher generally means stiffer in a breeze.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Keel : fin without bulb
- Ballast ratio
- 31 %
- Cockpit
- Closed aft cockpit
- Construction
- Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- EC design category
- A
- Helm
- Single helm wheel
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 2
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi masthead
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single rudder on skeg
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire
- Trailerable
- No
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.
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