OYSTER YACHTS INTRODUCES ITS FIRST CATAMARAN, UNVEILING THE OYSTER C60 AT THE CANNES YACHTING FESTIVAL
Shaped by the evolving ambitions of Oyster owners, the Oyster C60 pairs Berret-Racoupeau's design expertise with the bluewater capability, heritage, and craftsmanship that define the brand
Oyster Yachts, the British builder of the world’s finest bluewater sailing yachts, today unveiled the Oyster C60, its first sailing catamaran, at the Cannes Yachting Festival. Created in collaboration with award-winning multihull designers Berret-Racoupeau, the reveal marks a new chapter for the company, bringing Oyster’s experience of bluewater sailing, monohull yacht building and ownership to a new yacht type.
The Oyster C60 is the result of more than a year of research, listening to current Oyster owners, previous owners who had chosen a different yacht type, prospective owners, and wider market trends. While the Oyster monohull remains at the heart of the brand, Oyster found growing interest in the space, stability and comfort of a multihull, and in the different possibilities it offers for spending time at sea.
This led Oyster to consider what it could create if it started with a clean sheet of paper: a catamaran shaped by everything it has learnt over more than five decades as the leader in bluewater sailing yacht design, construction, and ownership experience. Bluewater capability remains at the heart of the Oyster C60, but the yacht has been designed to be equally at home closer to shore, giving owners the flexibility to enjoy everything from extended ocean passages to relaxed coastal cruising. It is, in many ways, a new expression of the Oyster experience: the same commitment to serious sailing, with the versatility to suit different ways of spending time on the water.
Stefan Zimmermann Zschocke, CEO of Oyster Yachts, said: “We have always evolved by listening to our owners. We have seen some move towards multihulls as their lives and ambitions have changed, and we have also heard from prospective owners who are drawn to Oyster but see a catamaran as the right yacht for them. The Oyster C60 is an opportunity to respond to that demand without compromising what has defined Oyster since its founding. We have taken that knowledge and have applied it to a yacht designed from the outset around the advantages of a multihull. It gives our existing owners another choice, while opening the Oyster family to sailors who may not previously have considered an Oyster.”
The brief was to make full use of the space offered by two hulls while retaining the qualities expected of an Oyster. The Oyster C60 has been designed around the realities of extended cruising, with
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