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Overview
The Oyster 49 with it’s superb handling characteristics and powerful rig is widely regarded as one of the most heavily constructed models Oyster ever built, with no expense spared. The now classic, elegant Rob Humphries design is synonymous with blue-water cruising yachts and prioritises practical, stable and safe yet exciting cruising. The Oyster 49 offers the perfect combination of being easily handled by a couple or short handed, while still giving generous interior volume and great headroom throughout.
‘Blackjack’ Oyster 49/14, currently in her third ownership, looks stunning in flag blue Awlgrip. She has had one brief trip to the Mediterranean but unusually for an Oyster has never been raced or crossed any oceans. This is a lightly used blue water yacht in exemplary condition with little exposure to uv sunlight.
With electric in mast furling, powered genoa furler, primary winches and mainsail control winch, she is perfectly set up for short handed sailing from the cockpit. The experienced owners have even added a retractable sprit with a furler for the cruising chute which can also be controlled from the safety of the cockpit and aft deck. The electrified Simpson davits, an addition under her current ownership are another example of some of the many useful upgrades to enable safe and simple cruising.
A step into the interior with it’s wonderfully light and bright saloon, upholstered in blue Alacantra, shows further evidence of her minimal miles sailed, the extensive American light oak joinery (a hallmark for the Oyster build) being in excellent condition throughout.
The Oyster 49 is a fine live-aboard blue water proposition for owners preferring to remain in the under 50ft size range from the handling, maintenance and berthing viewpoints. ‘Blackjack’ is a splendid example of this rare and much admired sailing yacht.
‘Blackjack’ is currently afloat in her marina berth in Mylor Yacht Harbour near Falmouth.
A marina berth in this very sought after marina may be available via separate negotiation.
Please contact our Falmouth office for further information.
Wherever we have sailed with Blackjack, people have stopped to admire her. Many interesting conversations have taken place and new friends have been made. The decision to part with her has been a very difficult one, but the time has come for a change of direction and we wish her next owners fair winds and following seas.
Oyster deck saloon with eyebrow styling
GRP hull moulded in white - painted flag blue with Awl Grip
Boot top and cove line in matterhorn white
- paintwork understood to be 2008 by Oyster
Hand layup GRP hull and deck, outer hull laminate in vinylester resin
High performance bulbed keel - lower ballast blasted and epoxy coated 2025
Skeg hung rudder
Teak laid side decking and cockpit - in extremely good condition
Bathing platform with teak slatting
Lewmar stainless CQR anchor - 27KG
80m of 10mm stainless chain
Fortress FX37 anchor
Powered S225 Simpson Davits with wireless remote
Integrated push pit liferaft bracket
'Gin & tonic' teak slatted quarter seats
Teak outboard bracket and stainless hoist
Gas locker - 2 x propane tanks
Aft deck locker - full depth with access to steering
Shallow coaming locker with shore power connection
Collapsing enclosure framework
Stainless binnacle hand holds
Whitlock folding teak varnished cockpit table
Manual bilge pump
Hydraulic backstay control unit
Bank of 4 clutches under spray hood for main sheet, topping lift, kicker and out haul
Multiplex carbon fibre passerelle with 4 carbon stanchions - halyard attachment and transom socket
Hot and cold deck shower on transom
Lewmar winches:
2 x 64 CEST electric primary winches
2 x 48 CST secondary winches
1 x 44 CEST electric mainsheet winch
2 x 44 CST halyard winches at mast
Covers & Cushions
Quay sails spray hood and bimini including full cockpit enclosure - full width leather hand holds
Covers for binnacle and wheel, winches, mast base, windlass
Cockpit seating cushions
Aft deck sunpad cushions
Hood Stoway mast, painted white with electric and manual furling system
Matching white boom
Solid rod kicker in white
Harken hydraulic backstay tensioner
Mast step bonded to keel
Moveable inner forestay
Baby stay
Bamar electric genoa furler - cockpit controls port and starboard
Standing Rigging - in process of being replaced 2025
Stainless steel retractable bowsprit with integrated tack line leading aft
Hood spinnaker pole - stowed on mast
Sails
Mainsail: Crusader - Hydra Net cloth, fully battened circa 2015
Genoa: Crusader - Hydra Net cloth circa 2015
Storm sail: on inner forestay high visibility
Symmetrical Spinnaker: 1.5oz
Cruising chute on Selden GX25 furler: 1.5oz
Yanmar 4JH3 - HTE 100HP - 1900 hours
Shaft drive to 3 bladed feathering Max - Prop
AM15 Ambassador rope cutter
Twin racor fuel filters
55amp alternator
100amp alternator
Whitlock maxi premiere pedestal
Generator - Onan MDKAV 7 - 1000 hours
Bowthruster - Sleipner 11HP tunnel mounted
Air Conditioning - Cruisair units, 16000 & 12000 BTU @50hz in saloon and aft cabin
Heating - Webasto DW Thermo 90 water heating, 5 fan coils - 2 in saloon
Watermaker - Seafresh 204A 220V AC making approximately 63L per hour
In use last season, currently in a pickled state
Refrigeration - Frigomatic DC refrigerator
- Frigomatic 50F freezer
Washing machine - Eumenia Euronova 1000 - in master heads
S.I.R.S Major 150mm compass
Raymarine ST6001 autohelm control unit
Auto helm 7000 linear drive
Raymarine E80 chartplotter (repeater) under sprayhood
Raymarine E120 chartplotter on binnacle
5 x ST60 wind, speed, depth and log instruments in companionway
Chart Table
Raymarine ST60 Tri data
Raymarine ST60 analogue wind instrument
Raymarine ST6001 autohelm control unit
Raymarine Raynav 300
Furuno NX300 Navtex
Raymarine 91 DSC VHF with AIS - plug in socket on binnacle
15" monitor
Raymarine E120 chart plotter with AIS transponder
Raymarine 4kw radar transponder on mast
AIS to all plotters
2 x Raymarine ST60 graphic repeaters in fore and aft cabins
220v ringmain with 3 pin and 2 pin sockets
DC dri plug in cockpit for search light
Batteries
1 x engine start battery 12v 95a/h - 2022
1 x generator battery 12v 95a/h - 2022
8 x AGM house batteries @24v - 2021
Mastervolt 220v Mass 24/75 battery charger
Mastervolt Masterlink Micc battery monitor
Emergency link
Mass 24v/2500w Sine wave inverter for tv/microwave etc
Mass inverter for PC
30A dockside 3 core power cable in aft coaming locker
Second 30A shore power socket to run A/C in aft coaming locker
Water - 830 Litres in grp tank
Black - gravity discharge polyprop tanks to both heads
Tank tender gauges for fuel and water as well as dipsticks
Wema gauges for black tanks
Pressurised hot and cold water throughout
Hot water via heat exchanger or 220 v 2 kw immersion heater
Downlights in polished chrome
Fluorescent lighting to galley
Reading light to each berth
Automatic light to glassware cabinet
Red lights to chart table, galley and companion way
Exterior
Boom down lights
Lower and upper spreader lights
Aqua signal 55 bow and stern lights
Steaming and deck flood lights
Tri colour and anchor at masthead
2 heads
American light oak interior joinery
Chequer board pattern teak to cabin sole
Alacantra upholstery - buttoned in blue
Curtains to all port holes
Oyster custom knobs to cupboards and doors
Lee cloths to all berths
Headlining in white vinyl
Hella fans to all cabins
Saloon
Opening front windows giving excellent ventilation
L shaped seating to starboard
Extending varnished oak table (doubles in size with support) drinks storage underneath
Bench seating to port
Book shelving port and starboard
Storage behing seating to port and starboard
Large storage locker to port
Pivoting Sony TV with status omni directional masthead aerial
Clock and barometer in chrome
Galley
Avonite counter tops
Double stainless sink
Pressurised and hand pumped water
Force 10 - 4 burner gas hob with oven and grill - propane
Miele microwave
Front loading refrigerator
Top loading chiller/freezer
Prep area and large storage locker inboard - engine access panels below
Navigation area
Located to starboard
Main engine room access
Generator control panel
Main isoloators
24v control panel
Lifting chart table with storage and drawers
Forward Cabin
V berth with infill to make into double
Upgraded pocket spring mattresses incorporating latex overlay
Bedflex slatting
Hanging locker and cupboards
6 x eye level lockers with shelving
Bunk cabin
2 single berths
Hanging storage cupboards below and outboard
Bedside table with drawer and cupboard
Forward Heads
Manual flush jabsco heads
Separate shower with seating (storage underneath)
Avonite counter top
Vanity cabinet
Owner's Cabin
Centre offset island berth
Upgraded zip and link pocket spring mattresses incorporating latex overlay
Armchair seating to starboard
Hanging storage to port
Drawers below berth
Sony flat screen tv on forward bulkhead
Panasonic DVD player with TS-E 136C surround sound speaker system
Full length mirror to heads door
Aft Heads
Jabsco electric flush heads - fresh water/ sea water flush
Walk in shower with folding glass door
Access into washing machine locker
Sink with avonite counter top
Heated towel rail
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