Oyster 55
Sailboat
56′ 4″
Monohull
Since 1986
Overview
- Builder
- Oyster
- Model
- 55
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1986 on
- Designer
- Holman & Pye
- Hull material
- Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
- Rig
- Cutter Marconi (in-mast furling mainsail) masthead
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 56′ 4″ (17.17 m)
- Waterline length
- 45′ 5″ (13.84 m)
- Beam
- 15′ 8″ (4.78 m)
- Draft
- 7′ 6″ (2.29 m)
- Displacement
- 50,993 lb (23,130 kg)
- Ballast
- 13,228 lb (6,000 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 84 hp
- Fuel
- 158 gal (598 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 1,595 sq ft (148.2 m²)
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 4
- Berths
- 8
- Heads
- 2
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 18.6
- Displacement / length
- 243
- Ballast ratio
- 26%
- Capsize screening
- 1.69
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
- 26 %
- Cockpit
- Closed aft cockpit
- Construction
- Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Helm
- Single helm wheel
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 2
- Rigging type
- Cutter Marconi (in-mast furling mainsail) masthead
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single rudder on skeg
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- 0 °
- 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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