Oyster 72

Oyster 72 - Available now

First time offered and here in the States to be sold, Magrathea is absolutely stunning inside and out with black carbon rig and fully battened mainsail for fast passage making and fun around the buoys too. Privately owned and always captain maintained, this 72 has an enviable charter record. Three cabins aft with large VIP suite forward. We invite your inspection. 

BROKER’S COMMENTS

First time offered and here in the States to be sold, MAGRATHEA is absolutely stunning inside and out with Hall Spars black carbon rig and carbon Vee Boom with slab reefing and North Sails for fast passage making and fun around the buoys too.  Privately owned and always captain maintained, this 72 has an enviable charter record.  Three cabins aft with large VIP suite forward.  Presented in excellent condition with a thorough MCA Cat II Survey/Recertification having just been completed October 2014. Crown Cut Teak joinery with many thoughtful details throughout, the result of knowledgeable owners (their second Oyster) working with their Captain and the Oyster Design Team to get it just right. We invite your inspection of this fine yacht, which is US Duty Paid. 

CONSTRUCTION 

HULL CONSTRUCTION       

The hull is built to comply with the requirements stipulated in the European Union’s Craft Directive (EURCD) to meet Design Category A – ‘Ocean’. The yacht has also been built for MCA (The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency) compliance. The GRP hull incorporates a composite High Modulus Carbon Kevlar (HMCK) system. This is a        ‘balanced laminate’ that has been designed to give excellent structural properties between the laminate layers. Advantages over standard GRP include: weight savings, extra strength and stiffness.The hull is reinforced with a matrix of structural stringers and floors and specially engineered by High Modulus, world leaders in composite design.

HULL FINISH   Hull colour white with cove line and four boot top lines in black.

DECK CONSTRUCTION    Deck constructed with balsa cored vinylester resin system.

DECK FINISH   Teak laid decks, low profile ‘rolled edge’ bulwark.

KEEL  High performance bulb (HPB) external lead keel.

RUDDER    Fully protected skeg-hung rudder.

EURCD    Built to comply with the requirements for Category A – Ocean.

MCA   Built to MCA Category II.

DECK LAYOUT AND EQUIPMENT

ANCHOR  CQR anchor 105lb (48kg) + 325’ (100m) of 7/16^th” (14mm) calibrated, galvanized chain. 66lb (30kg) Spade anchor with 10mx10mm chain and 100m of 18mm warp, attached by eye and shackle. Stowage for anchor in forward sail locker. 

WINDLASS  Lewmar 3500 vertical gypsy / drum type, hydraulic anchor windlass installed on deck with foot switch controls. Additional windlass control at port pedestal.

DECK ACCESS  Midship gateway stanchions with stainless steel tread plates on cap rail. Stern boarding ladder – removable drop in type, drops into sockets on stern platform. Transom bathing ladder. Top rails demount to allow easy stowage, lower section of ladder demounts to act as side gate bathing ladder. Gate to pushpit. Carbon fiber folding passerelle with stanchions, spreader bar and Teaked surface on walkway. Weight with Teak 19kg. Black painted finish. Padded stowage bag.

HATCHES   Oyster custom drop-down washboard system for main companionway.

Flush Rondal hatches x 3.

Lewmar opening hatches x 8.

Opening hull ports x 13.

Rondal deck prisms x 2 in cockpit.

Deck saloon forward opening windows w/gas struts x 2.

CANVASWORK   Cockpit cushions in Sunbrella – colour: Oyster 5030 – Perennials “Plum Blossom” pipping.

Saloon Crew covers – Lena Proudlock – Denim “Ashwood”.

Sprayhood in Sunbrella – colour: “Dune” with leather-covered, stainless steel grabrail to aft edge of sprayhood. Center zip up windows.

Bimini – colour: “Dune” with side curtains. Bimini is two part system, allowing aft section over helm to be unzipped. Stowage bag included.

Canvas wheel and pedestal covers – colour: “Dune”.

Padded canvas cover – colour “Dune” for cockpit table, with Velcroed straps for access with stowage pocket on end.

Passage covers to helms seat backrests and quarter seat backrests in Sunbrella – Colour: “Dune”.

Dinghy canvas cover – colour “Dune”.

BBQ cover and winch hats – colour “Dune”.

Saloon table cover in Vinyl with plum coloured pipping.

Sun awning system attached to Halls boom – colour: “Dune” with blocks and tackle.

Foredeck awning – mesh with blocks and tackle.

Set of sole covers – saloon, galley and aft corridor.

Halyard bags – colour: “Black”.

Ensign staff cover - colour: “Dune”.

Fender blanket - colour: “Dune”.

Shoe box cover – colour: “Dune”. 

DECK PLUMBING   High capacity, 50 psi, fresh water anchor wash pump with 25m hose on a coil with bayonette connector in anchor locker. Hot and cold fresh water deck shower at transom with 2m hose, Hans Grohe head with no trigger, bracket for shower head at rail. Fresh water outlet at transom.

COCKPIT   Walk-through teak-laid cockpit. Mug holders at steering pedestals customized to hold a beer bottle.

COCKPIT TABLE   Gloss varnished cockpit table in teak with folding leaves and stainless steel footbars. Additional leaves at end to make into a full size table. Stainless steel wine bottle holders which pin into cockpit table grabrails. One holder each end, each holder stows two bottles, 1x standard red size and other for white with an insulated jacket. Each reversible, so it can be pinned into either side of the table. Frigomatic DC refrigeration, keel cooled unit to cockpit table forward bin and aft section refrigerated with open partition between two boxes, allowing cold air to pass into second box. Two white plastified wire mesh partitions designed to hold bottles.

STEERING   Exit Engineering Carbon 1200mm wheels with Whitlock shaftbrake spinners. Twin remote pedestals, friction brake, and three bearing pedestal steering unit. Canvas covers to wheels. 

GENERAL  Stainless steelpulpit and pushpit with laminated boards on top rail with upholstered cushions.

Custom cup holders in inboard corners of quarter seats.

2 x Liferafts mounted below each pushpit seat in canisters.

Stainless steel loop to attach lanyards for passerelle fitted to pushpit rail leg at each quarter.

Schaffer fairleads at transom and Clooney Oval tube cleats on aft deck below pushpit seat.

Simpson Cooney 400kg hydraulically powered davits with wireless remote.

Stainless steel mooring and cockpit cleats.

Stainless steel folding type cleats on bulwark x 8.

Drop-down acrylic washboard, shock cord assisted.

Stainless steel grab rails to aft of sprayhood with leather cover.

Twin stainless steel gas struts on lazarette locker lid.

Stainless steel warp bar to one side of bow sail locker.

Webbing jackstays.

4 x Alpine speakers in cockpit.

Oval stainless steel grabrails at each side of the companionway and extending down vertical sides of companionway.

Lazarette locker with shelf to stow passerelle, CW pad eyes and lashings. Extra shelves starboard side with plastic crate boxes. Top shelf for waterski stowage with lashing pad eyes.

Stern post for antennas including small Sat dome/GPS and deck flood light.

BBQ with deck plate in gas locker lid for gas supply.

Deck accessed Gas locker for 2 bottles. 

RIG AND SAIL HANDLING

MAST and RIGGING  Cutter rig

Hall Spars Carbon Fiber mast (black) w stainless plates at point of contact with aft lowers (slab reefing)

Hall Carbon Vee boom

Mainsheet luff track and cars

Navtec hydraulic vang

Navtec A260 hydraulic backstay with remote panel in cockpit

Stainless steel rod standing rigging

HEADSAIL FURLING   Reckman RF90-3 Hydraulic Headsail, RF90-2 Hydraulic Staysail.

WINCHES                           All Lewmar winches in Black finish

                                          2 x 88-3 EST electric - primaries

                                          2 x 68 CST electric - secondaries

                                          1 x 65 CEST electric - mainsheet winch

                                          1 x 46 CST electric - traveller control line

                                          1 x 54 CST manual - reefing control line

                                          1 x 68-3 CEST electric - mainsail halyard

                                          1 x 65 CST manual – yankee and staysail halyard

                                          2 x 68 E - mast

SPINNAKER GEAR   Deck gear for spinnaker, 2 x Harken 648 pad eyes for sheets on rail, 2 x Harken 648 pad eyes for guys, 6 x Lewmar 105 screw in foreguy blocks and pad eyes and pair single Spinlock XCS clutches for foreguy at side deck. Carbon spinnaker pole, vertically mounted on mast. Clear coated carbon with Kevlar bumper sleeve. 

SAILS   Upgraded North Sails: Spectra/Gatorback Radial Cut; Main and Yankee replaced new March  2013. Staysail original. Carbon C-tech battens. North G2 Gennaker (Norlon 50), Asymetic crusing chute with inflatable snuffer. Storm Jib.

INTERIOR

GENERAL    Eight berths in four cabins (plus recessed pipe/sea berth), excluding the saloon

Saloon upholstery in leather – colour: Aquamarine Ivory

Saloon table cover – colour: “Vinilla” with Plum pipping

Interior joinery finished in quarter-sawn teak, designed to be modern and coordinated, whilst remaining practical and durable at sea. Essential features include sculpted fiddles and grab rails, ‘shadow-gap’ joints between panels and Oyster custom knobs for lockers and drawers

Foam cored joinery, headliners and bunk baseboards – balsa cored ply

Lightweight foam cored sole boards

Teak V groove strip plank style sole boards

Surfaces in galley and heads in Avonite satin finish - colour “Argent”

Electric towel rails to all heads

Headlining in white vinyl

All heads with fresh / or seawater flush

Mattresses in owner’s berth, port aft, and forward cabin upgraded to 6” sprung construction

Saloon hull ports lined with Teak

Lee cloths for all berths

Oceanair Skysol pleated blinds to all hull ports

Oceanair combined bugscreens and blinds on all Lewmar and Rondal deck hatches (except galley centerline hatch and sail locker hatch)

Black Hella fans throughout       

FORWARD SAIL LOCKER   Deck Accessed. Stowage for anchor. Double socket in waterproof box.                            

VIP SUITE FORWARD   VIPdouble berth to port, with settee to starboard with lee cloth and with recessed roll away seaberth above.Mirror on face of hanging locker door. Sony Bravia TV recessed into forward bulkhead. Flip up desk on bulkhead below TV. Raymarine Graphic Display

EN SUITE HEAD/ SHOWER   Avonite satin finish - colour “Argent” surfaces and back-splash. Hans Grohe mixer tap, hand held shower head. Shower seat over plinth made of teak slats with a drop in GRP panel with lid for stowage bin. Heated towel rail. Mirrored locker over sink. Par Quietflush toilet. 

GALLEY  A spacious and safe area to work in whilst at sea. There is generous worktop space and plentiful lockers for stowage. Stainless steel ladder to crew hatch. Own A/C and stereo system. Hella fan x 1. Main saloon bulkhead extended with door separating galley from saloon. Stainless halfrounds on top of galley fiddles in work areas to protect wood. In counter knife rack stowage.

SINKS   Franke KBX 160 double sinks with smaller sink outboard.

HOT WATER TAP   Quooka instant hot water tap

COOKER     Neff gas hob, four burner with electric oven / convection combo below, plus a second Neff 4263 two burner induction hob forward of cooker built into countertop. Stainless steel brushed AEG cooker hood with extractor fan and built in light.

MICROWAVE    Stainless steel Panasonic microwave NN-E2735

REFRIGERATOR    Fritomatic Stainless steelfront opening refrigerator with 50W, keel cooled. Stainless steel Vitrifrigo refrigerator -acts as vegetable drawer- fitted to fwd bulkhead.

FREEZER    To starboard:Top loading freezer box with two Frigomatic 50W compressors – water cooled.

DISHWASHER   Double drawerFisher and Paykel dish drawer dishwasher.

WASHER/DRYER    Bosch washer / dryer

FRESH WATER    Seagul water purifying filter with own faucet at galley sink

SALOON  Features a large U shaped settee to port, with dining table in quarter cut teak grain, with black line surround band, with two leaves that slide apart and pull out bench seating. Washer/dryer located in forward locker. Starboard side of saloon has desk area with two armchair leather seats. There are lockers outboard and behind the settee backs, as well as lockers above seats, and wine storage in the base of the table accessible from both sides. U Line CO29 combined icemaker / drinks fridge with Seagul water purifying filter to icemaker. Passageway leading aft oil skins locker with heater. AC vented to each head.

NAVIGATION AREA  A comfortable, forward facing navigation station is located aft and starboard of the saloon. The chart table area is strategically sited. Wide chart seat in Ivory leather with folding armrest. There is provision for the stowage within the chart table for half folded Admiralty charts and a bookshelf over file stowage area. Instruments mounted with teak fascia.

STARBOARD TWIN GUEST CABIN   Upper and lower berths with hanging lockers, drawers and full length mirror. Stowage bin in headling for bedding. Opening port and opening hatch.

PORT AFT DOUBLE GUEST CABIN   Double berth with hanging locker and stowage bin in headlining to stow lightweight items.TV recessed into side of hanging locker. Private door access to head with mirror to face of door.

SHARED HEAD/SHOWER    Avonite satin finish - colour “Argent” surfaces and back-splash. Hans Grohe mixer tap, hand held shower and overhead shower. Heated towel rail. Full length mirror on face of door, and mirrored cabinet above sink. Par Quietflush toilet. 

OWNER’S STATEROOM  Double berth offset to port, under berth drawers and lockers. Hanging locker to port, drop down locker beneath. Full length mirror on starboard forward bulkhead. Headboard in matching Ivory leather. Lockers to starboard and port side of berth. Desk/vanity with mirror to underside and custom chrome and leather chair, curved settee just aft of desk/vanity. Own companionway hatch entrance to the aft deck, via a deck hatch and a ladder offset to starboard. Hatch has slide out bug screen and black out blind. Shoe locker below aft companionway. A door leads to starboard to the roomy head with separate stall shower. Sony Bravia 26” flat screen TV. Four brick safe with push button keypad in hanging locker. Hella fans x 2. 

EN SUITE HEADAvonite satin finish - colour “Argent” surfaces and back-splash. Hans Grohe mixer tap, hand held shower and overhead shower. Heated towel rail. Mirror on aft bulkhead over countertop, and mirror on opposite bulkhead. Par Quietflush toilet. 

ENTERTAINMENT

AUDIO VISUAL AND SOUND SYSTEMS

SALOON  Sony Bravia 32” flat screen TV with Timage type lift system with integrated lid. Connections for video, computer games, etc. Video feed from main salon to all cabins. Alpine Touchscreen control at chart table.

GALLEY Pair of speakers in headlining with on / off switch in Vimar surround at light switch.

COCKPIT   Four Alpine speakers with waterproof control at pedestal.

VIP SUITE FORWARD    Sony Bravia20” TV on bulkhead.

DOUBLE CREW CABIN    DVD / CD / TUNER. Two focal headliner speakers / Magic eye / ipod interface / Panel with MP3 – ipod sockets.

STARBOARD TWIN CABIN   CD / TUNER inside locker on aft bulkhead with shelf to stow ipod. Two headliner speakers. Magic eye / ipod interface / Panel with MP3 – ipod socket.

PORT AFT CABIN  Sony Bavia 20” flat screen TV mounted in bulkhead. DVD / CD / TUNER stored inside locker outboard of berth head with shelf to stow ipod / Magic eye / ipod interface / Panel with MP3 – ipod socket.Two focal headliner speakers.

OWNER’S STATE ROOM  Sony Bavia 26” flat screen TV mounted in bulkhead. CD / DVD / TUNER, Two Alpine speakers in the headlining, either side of berth head. Magic eye / ipod interface / Panel with MP3 – ipod socket.

ENGINEERING

ENGINE   Perkins/Sabre M225Ti (225hp) diesel engine.

ENGINE HOURS   Approximately 4,965 hours October 2014

PROPELLER  24” Maxprop, 3 bladed, feathering propeller (with one spare)

ALTERNATORS  40A 24V alternator to charge the engine start batteries.

Mastervolt 150 Amp 24V alternator for charging the ship\'s domestic batteries.

Mastervolt Alpha Pro regulator.

GENERATOR   Upgraded from 13.5kw to 22.5kw

GENERATOR HOURS    Approximately 4,307 hours October 2014

BOWTHRUSTER   Sleipner 285 electric 20hp bowthruster with joystick control.

AIR CONDITIONING    Aircon system throughout. Each cabin has its own zone.

Sleeping cabins have AC compressors in the engine room (3 off) with remote air handlers in each cabin.

Saloon and galley have Stowaway units.

Controllers in cabins mounted in Vimar switch surrounds.

Aft stbd cabin - 4,000 BTU REU4C handler sharing RX12C 12,000 BTU condenser in engine room.

Saloon -  2 x 16,000 BTU Stoway STQ16C (230v 60/50 hz TURBO) self contained units.

Galley – 12,000 BTU Stoway STQ12C (230v 60/50hz TURBO) self contained unit.

Cold air bleed take offs to fwd WC, aft WC, and port aft WC with closable duct outlet.

WATERMAKER   Seafresh 206A upgraded to 2012 model (2171 litres/hour) watermaker system with remote Panel in cupboard aft passageway with flow meter and auto flush assemply.

TANKAGE AND PLUMBING

FUEL  2,000 liters approximately (439 imp/528 US gallons) in four carbon tanks. Fit with ¼ turn breather valves.

WATER   Two GRP tanks totaling 1,000 liters (264 US gallons). Freshwater tanks partitioned for ¼ capacity bay on both sides. Fit with ¼ turn breather valves.

TANK TENDER GAUGES  Tanks tender gauge system for two water tanks and two diesel tanks.

HOT WATER   Two insulated 73 liter (19 US gallons) tanks, both heated by the engine’s heat exchanger, or by their integral, thermostatically-controlled 220V immersion heater elements.

PRESSURISED HOT AND COLD FRESHWATER SYSTEM        

HOLDING TANKS  3 x gravity discharge holding tanks with Wema electric gauges, and Bailey Marine Holding tank pump out fittings set flush with teak. 

ELECTRICS

SHIP’S SUPPLY   24V

RINGMAIN   220V AC ring main with 12 sockets, UK 3-pin type. Sockets located as appropriate within the layout. Vimar surround sockets with Chrome type surrounds.

OTHER ELECTRICAL SOCKETS at chart table

BATTERIES  Upgraded 6 x 160amp/hr 24V Mastervolt Li-Ion.

BATTERY  MANAGEMENT  Mastervolt 220V MASS 24/100A battery charger Mastervolt monitor Cross-link from domestic batteries to generator for emergency starting,needs to take a 12V feed.

INVERTER  220V MASS Sine wave inverter 24V / 1500W, to provide power to AV system and icemaker. Mastervolt 24V/5000W sine inverter for domestic sockets.

SHOREPOWER  Two 50A dockside power cables.

INTERIOR LIGHTING   Cantalupi-chrome finish Down lights

Reading light – Cantalupi Time – in aft cabin, and Pacific in other cabins - one for each berth

Mood lighting control to saloon.

Red LED night lights, one at each saloon step.

Cantalupi Spillo white LED accent lights at kick recess around saloon sole, and at each side of companionway steps.

Uplighters – Cantalupi halogen - in saloon on shelves behind port side seating and forward aft. Also outboard of starboard side worktop and bulkhead.

Red overhead lights – one at: charter tabl / galley / heads with neon light switches which activate when ‘night light’ breaker circuit is powered on.

Hull ports – Labcraft LED warm white strip LED strips.

Lights in forward sail locker

EXTERIOR LIGHTING   Lights mounted in lazarette

Bow and stern navigation – Lopolight LED lights

Tri-white anchor/navigation light at masthead

Remote control lighting for aft deck, boom and lower spreader lights.

NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION   

COMPASSES  Two S.I.R.S. Marine major 150mm diameter compass with internal lighting

SAILING  Raymarine Instrument system, ST290 series.

INSTRUMENTS  1 x graphic, ST60 radar display, flatscreen 15” Raymarine monitor, Ray 300 GPS plus speed and depth transducers at chart table

1 x ST60 graphic in owner’s stateroom – flush mounted

5 x graphics on carbon mounting at mast

RADAR / CHART PLOTTER  4kW radar scanner for E80 display and E120 repeaters

AUTOPILOT  Raymarine autopilot with SPX SOL AP system with Phoenix Hydraulic motor and clutch

WINDEX  Windex at masthead. Additional windlass control at pedestal.

VHF RADIO  Raymarine 240E VHF, with USA channels at chart table with its own speaker. Second handset and speaker in the cockpit at port pedestal.

SATELLITE PHONE   Thrane & Thrane satellite phone and antenna on pushpit, including second handset in owner’s stateroom.

PC  AG Neovo flatscreen

SAFETY

LIFERAFT  2 x Lifeguard 8 man life rafts in canister Ocean Safety “IS0” unit with Solas B grab bag. Float free release and straps for MCA

RADAR REFLECTOR             

BILGE PUMPS  Electric bilge pump Par 34600 with Par hydro air switch

DECK SAFETY  TwoHorseshoe lifebuoys with lights

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS   Various fire extinguishers

ALARMS  Gas detector at galley for MCA Smoke detector in engine room with loud audible alarm in saloon for MCA Carbon monoxide alarm in saloon.

OTHER SAFETY FEATURES Macro foghorn for MCA Watertight bulkhead and door at aft companionway

GENERAL

WARPS AND FENDERS

RIB                                    4.5 metre RIB with 60hp outboard

SAFE                                  4-brick safe

ASSORTED TOOLS,

SPARES AND MANUALS

NB All personal belongings and all other items not expressly listed in the above inventory are excluded from the sale.

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Inventory not yet verified by the owner.

In this transaction we are acting as Brokers only. We are informed that this sale is not related to the Owner’s business, trade or profession. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The particulars are intended only as a guide and they do not constitute a term of contract. A prospective buyer is strongly advised to check the particulars and where appropriate to have the vessel fully surveyed and inspected, sea trialled and opened up.

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