56' Oyster 56

Ananda of Hamble has had three very careful owners. When first commissioned, the first owners took the boat to the West Indies on two sequential ARC rallies...
Year: 1999
Price: £595,000 Tax Paid
Location: Deina, Spain
Hull Material: Fibreglass
Engine/Fuel Type: Single Diesel
YW#: 30624-1477382
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56' Oyster 56

Dimensions
LOA: 17.49
LWL: 14.5
Displacement: 26000 kgs
Draft: 2.39 m
Builder/Designer
Builder: Oyster Marine Ltd
Designer: Rob Humphreys
Engines
Engine(s): Yanmar
Engine(s) HP: 110 HP
Engine Model: 4LE-TE

Spars & Rig
Cutter rigged.
Hood Stoway in-mast furling mast with electric drive. Motor completely replaced December 2004.Spare motor on board.
Hood Seafurl headsail furling. Hood Seafurl staysail furling.
Two folding mast steps at masthead.
Faired spreader lights in addition to standard deck floodlight separately switched at the pedestal.
Seaway remote backstay ram and integral pump with manual lock off device.
Spinnaker gear including: single pole, halyard, all necessary blocks and fittings, topping lift and downhaul. Spinnaker pole vertically stowed.
Sidewinder heel control.
Sails
  • By Hood and used now for deliveries:
  • Mainsail. Yankee. Staysail, crosscut, Seafoam luff and white UV strip.
  • Tri-radial MPS, 1.5oz with squeezer.
  • By Sobstad in Genesis material (new March 2005):
  • Fully vertically battened mainsail.
  • Oversized yankee.
  • Staysail, all luffs blue UV strip protected.
Machinery
Yanmar 4LE-TE, 4 cylinder diesel engine of 110hp. Aquadrive couplings. Maxprop 3 blade feathering propeller. Ambassador AM15 rope-cutter on prop shaft. Additional Racor fuel filter to engine with changeover and SS drip tray. Twin alternators: 55amp 12v wired to charge the engine start battery and 100amp 24v unit charging the domestic batteries. Sleipner 10hp tunnel bowthruster with controls at pedestal. Westerbeke BTD7.5 generator. CruiseAir air-conditioning units 2 x 16000 BTU’s for saloon, galley and aft cabin with individual digital controllers in each area offering warming and cooling. Grunert DC75 eutectic holding plate system for fridge and freezer with remote digital temperature guage.All new parts 2004. AEG Micromat Duo 2200 microwave. Bosch WVF2000 washer/dryer in saloon with Oyster style grill for ventilation and interior wood grain epoxy sealed.. Seafresh 208A watermaker. Halyard Marine HG200 exhaust alarm for engine and genset. Engine room fire extinguisher. Engine room has 24v lighting and a 24v extractor fan. Manifolds for sea-water outlets aft with twin filters so filters can be isolated and cleaned whilst under way.
Electrics
24 volt ships electrical supply. Mains AC ring main with ample Clipsal double sockets to all areas. Batteries giving 460amp/hrs dedicated to domestic system. Battery giving 88amp/hr dedicated to engine start. Generator/engine starting batteries emergency link. Magnetronic DCC4000 battery start controller and full meters.. Electric solenoid valve. 24 volt socket in anchor locker. Mastervolt 220v MASS 24/100 battery charger. Mastervolt 24v/3500W inverter to run AC sockets, microwave, tools, etc. 30 amp dockside power cable 18m (60ft) with Hubbell socket. Second 220v/30amp shorepower cable and socket for aircon loads
Tankage
  • Fuel 864 litres (190imp/228US gallons)in GRP tank.
  • Water 770 litres (170imp/203US gallons) in GRP tank.
  • Hot water from 54 litres (11.8imp gallons) grade 1 copper tank heated by engine heat exchanger or by a thermostatically controlled immersion heater.
  • Tank tender for fuel and water tanks, in addition to starboard dipsticks.
  • Charcoal filter with dedicated faucet for cold water drinking supply to the galley.
  • Gravity discharge stainless steel holding tank for each WC, Wema gauge, deck pump-out and rinse fittings.
Deck Gear
CQR 34kg (75lb) anchor with 110m (360ft) of 12mm chain Fortress FX37 kedge anchor with 50m (164ft) Anchorplate. Lewmar Ocean 3 24v electric anchor windlass with pedestal mounted and foredeck controls. Lewmar winches all upgraded to chrome finish inc: #66 electric primaries and#48 electric mainsheet winch. Lewmar deck hatches. Gebo Econoline coachroof portlights. Gebo Econoline long portlights into cockpit. N.B. All seals to portlights and deck hatches renewed September 2004. Pushpit and pulpit in stainless steel. Stanchions and bases with double stainless steel wire guardrails. Pushpit quarter seats, in stainless steel and teak. Gates in lifelines. Outboard bracket in reinforced teak on pushpit. Fender stowage adjacent to seats. Deck shower with fresh hot and cold water. Passerelle, 3m (9’8”) folding alloy with socket to top rung of steps to bathing platform. Passerelle halyard with stainless steel spreader bar and guy wires. Whittall 250kg (551lb) davits with ensign holder. Upgraded stainless steel and additional deck cleats. White sun awning which extends from mast to end of boom with roll down side panels. New 2004 blue cockpit bimini cover with front, side and back curtains, giving all round protection for sailing cooler waters. New 2004 Spray hood with stainless steel grabrail and window. New 2005 Avon inflatable fenders x 6 for easy stowage in lazarette.
Navigation
  • Sestrel Major 150mm (5.9Ó) compass.
  • Raymarine ST80 instruments and where necessary upgraded to ST60 in 2005:
  • Nav station: Masterview.
  • Pedestal: AP controller.
  • Mastview.
  • Analogue wind.
  • Controller.
  • MOB switch in vertical face.
  • Hatch Garage: Multiviews x 2.
  • Analogue wind.
  • AP remote control socket.
  • Aft cabin: Autopilot remote control socket.
  • Loose: Autopilot remote control.
  • Simrad 8400 VHF with DSC controller at chart table.
  • External VHF speaker.
  • Icom M710 Free Running SSB. Grounding plates and copper mesh
  • grounding system. Insulated backstay.
  • Leica Phillips Mk10 GPS interfaced to network, Yeoman and computer.
  • MOB button at pedestal.
  • Furuno 1831 at chart table with repeater on starboard coach roof adjacent to companionway.
  • Weatherfax by SSB to computer.
  • New charting software 2003.Full world charts.
  • ST80 Autopilot.
  • Sat Comm Mini M Boatphone with fax and e-mail facility via computer.
  • New GSM phone at chart table, with extension handset in aft cabin, with 12v supply.
  • Tri white.
  • Aqua Signal 41 port and starboard light in pushpit and pulpit.
Safety Equipment
  • 2 x 4-man liferafts plus stowage.Fully up to date.
  • New 2005 Avon Diesel In-Board Rib with jockey seat.
  • Spare Avon inflatable dinghy with 5hp Outboard motor and oars.
  • Firdell blipper radar reflector.
  • Jon Buoy.
  • Webbing jackstays.
  • EPIRB.
Accommodation
Accommodates 8 in four cabins (new 2005), with further optional cockpit sleeping for two beneath new 2004 fully weather secure enclosable navy blue bimini (see photo). Interior joinery of Crown cut white oak designed to be modern and co-ordinated, whilst remaining practical and durable at sea. Essential features include: sculpted fiddles and grabrails, shadow-gap joints between panels and oyster custom knobs for lockers and drawers. Safe (2) with keys: 1 x 2 brick. 2 x 4 brick. Sovereign style seating. N.B All upholstery to cabins and saloon was completely renewed and upgraded to June 2003 including curtains. New fine cream leather to all saloon seating with full navy blue canvas covers for deliveries. Director’s chair.
Saloon
Saloon with oval table (top has Burr oak wood inlay with Black Avonite perimeter line with drinks locker in the base) and settee area to port, outboard of which are a pair of lockers and a central shelf to the hull port. To starboard is another settee, provided with a lee cloth, long enough to double as a useful sea-berth with one's feet in a trotter box beneath the forward bar area if washer dryer were to be removed. The bar unit accommodates custom made glass and bottle stowage above and Washer/Dryer below (2002). Bookshelf porthole rails to port and starboard with a set of ferrules and stainless steel hoop in each book case. New passage covers for all upholstery 2004.
Galley

Galley to port with twin stainless steel sinks, Force 10 645PR stainless steel 4 burner cooker with grill and oven. Avonite worktops with up-stands. Fridge and Freezer with new independent compressors 2005. Separate Nespresso machine powered off 24V mains system. Microwave. Seafresh water purifying charcoal filter to dedicated drinking water faucet.

  • Navigation station to starboard.
  • Forward cabin, spacious, with centreline double berth, upholstered seat with vanity table, plentiful clothes lockers and a hanging locker.
  • Cabin to port with upper and lower berths, lockers for clothes, a vanity unit and hanging locker.
  • Cabin to starboard aft of Chart Table with upper and lower berths, lockers for clothes and under mattress stowage. New 2005.
  • Heads with Par Brydon Boy toilet, washbasin, shower and Avonite tops with up-stands. Seat to shower.
  • Aft cabin with double berth offset from the centreline, a curved settee, dressing table and a large hanging locker, with abundant drawer and locker space. Aft cabin seating modified to incorporate small shelf/storage facility adjacent to the bed. Lowered bunk side table. Chart box under bunk for long term stowage. Alarm system. Cellular phone.
  • En-suite heads with Vacuflush fresh water flushing toilet, washbasin, shower and Avonite tops with up-stands. Seat to shower.
Entertainment
  • Panasonic TV, in-built VCR and separate DVD player (2003).
  • Pioneer DEH645RW stereo with remote control and CD 50 stacker unit, speakers to saloon and cockpit, switchable at cockpit.
  • New June 2003:
  • PC with DVD drive and CD re-write disc to new 17” plasma screen mounted on bracket to face both chart table and and saloon seating area to suit.
  • Philips Surround Sound to saloon area.
General
  • Cockpit table in stainless steel and gloss varnished teak. Incorporates insulated icebox.
  • Cockpit cushions renewed, extended and recovered June 2004.
  • Intruder alarm with PIR detector in the saloon, manual activation button in the aft cabin, bull horn by the companionway and small flashing red neon light.
  • Warps and fenders. Fender baskets.
  • Crockery and cutlery.
  • New (2003) Ralph Lauren fitted bed linen.
  • Metal flyscreens on all standard opening Gebo hullports.
  • Oceanair Skyscreens to all deck hatches.
  • Jabsco Maxi 3000 puppy electric bilge pump.
  • Henderson MkV manual bilge pump.
  • Whale Gusher 10 Mk3 manual bilge pump. Heyco tool kit.
  • Very full spares kit.

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