It was another day of exciting competing for 18 yachts participating in the Oyster Regatta – Cowes 2012. Day 3 saw the newest Oyster 575 yacht Isis taking the first position in her class on corrected time, followed by Asante, Sotto Vento and Starry Night, respectively.
Day 2 of the Oyster Regatta – Cowes 2012 saw the flagship Oyster 82 sailing yacht Starry Night of the Caribbean taking the leading position.
Attended by 20 beautiful yachts built by the prestigious UK-based shipyard Oyster Yachts, the 29th Oyster Regatta in Cowes kicked off yesterday. The biggest luxury vessel to compete is the Oyster 82 superyacht Starry Night of the Caribbean.
The prominent UK-based luxury yacht builder Oyster Yachts was honoured to support the 2012 Sail for Gold Ball, attended by HRH The Princess Royal, as well as over 850 guests in order to support the 22 Olympic and Paralympic team sailors, racing in Weymouth and Portland this summer.
Following the six-month refit at the Oyster Group’s Southampton Yacht Service, the 100ft supermaxi charter yacht Leopard 3 now boasts a new, beautiful interior. This splendid vessel is now preparing to race in the upcoming J P Morgan Round the Island Race, starting on Saturday 30 June.
Oyster’s superyachts will be supplied with the prestigious Cruisair® as well as SeaLand® brands of air conditioning and toilet equipment by Dometic Marine, as stated in the new purchasing agreement signed by both UK-based companies.
In order to futher develop the company’s custom and refit operation Southampton Yacht Services, the respected UK superyacht builder Oyster Group has recently taken over Landamores Yard, transfering its production facilities as well as 70-member team in Norfolk.
In order to strenghten its newly opened office in Palma, the well known UK luxury yacht builder Oyster Marine has recently announced the appointment of Jamie Collins to the Oyster Brokerage team.
Running from 8 to 13 April, the 2013 Oyster Caribbean Regatta will be hosted by the Port Louis Marina, situated in a beautiful yacht charter location – Grenada. This fabulous Caribbean superyacht marina will also play host to the Oyster World Rally fleet in 2014.
The organisers of the Mallorca’s Portals Nautical Weekend has recently presented its rich program, including 60 power as well as sail yachts on display, from such outstanding builders as Fairline, Azimut, Princess, Sanlorenzo, Sunseeker and many others.
Following her huge success in the 2012 World Superyacht Awards when winning a ‘Highly Commended’ award, the Oyster 100 sailing yacht Sarafin designed by Dubois has now become a finalist in both the ‘Exterior Design and Styling’ and ‘Newcomer of the Year’ categories in the 2012 Showboats Design Awards.
Following a great success at this year´s Dusseldorf Boat Show when winning the 2012 European Yacht of the Year, the fabulous Oyster 625 charter yacht Blue Jeannie has now received the fantastic 2012 Asia Boating Award in the ‘Best Production Sailing Yacht’ category.