The proven Super Shoal design of the Oyster 625 features twin rudder steering with a hydraulically-operated bronze centerboard keel. The minimum draft with board up is 6’-0”; when down, draft increases to 13’-10”, yielding awesome upwind performance.

Cruise the Bahamas, Chesapeake and Florida inlets with peace of mind. Maneuver into the tightest of slips with confidence, thanks to bow and stern thrusters.

Below decks, KATHARA’s 4-cabin layout is unique to the other 625’s on the market, with a queen berth forward in the VIP cabin.

The design brief and equipment list that make up the build of KATHARA are the result of the owner’s past experience with two previous Oyster models. The lessons learned in boat handling, living aboard, maintaining and servicing the yacht were all taken into consideration.

Her many features include marine-grade thru-hulls below the waterline, high-capacity water maker, weight-saving aluminum AB RIB, fresh water heads, queen berth forward for guest comfort, convertible workshop cabin, flush-mounted deck hatches, electric davits with spectra lines, larger-than-standard wheels, sail locker, tool storage, communications, push-button sail handling, electric primary and secondary winches and halyards set up to be easily routed to powered winches.

The result is a stunning yacht where every detail has a purpose and makes sense to both experienced and novice sailors alike. Fit with an extensive amount of spares, KATHARA is ready for her next adventure.

HULL:

The fiberglass hull is laid-up single skin with structural stringers and floors to Lloyds-approved design specifications. Her outer hull laminate incorporates Kevlar and carbon fiber, built to comply with the requirements stipulated in the European Union’s recreational craft directive (EURCD) to meet design category A – ‘Ocean.’ KATHARA’s centerboard configuration offers minimum draft of 6’ with board up and maximum draft of 13’-10” with board down.

HULL COLOR: 

White with grey cove line and double boot top lines. Stern design incorporates a swim platform, finished in laid teak and molded fiberglass steps trimmed with teak for access to the stern deck, and fitted with a deep stainless steel bathing ladder with oval treads.

DECK:

• Oyster deck saloon with ‘G5’ styling and ‘eyebrow’ feature
• The cockpit is split into separate steering and guest/crew areas
• Aft cockpit has a clear central walkway between twin wheels, providing excellent access to the aft deck
• Main guest cockpit has a large high-gloss varnished central table with folding leaves and integral refrigerator with shelves
• Teak-laid decks
• Deck edge incorporates a bulwark, allowing relatively flat side decks
• Top of bulwark is clean fiberglass with a new, modern and stylishly-rolled edge
• Ample C-Quip stainless steel folding mooring cleats
• Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit and gateway midship stanchions
• Gate to pushpit
• Stainless steel grab rails atop deck saloon
• Life raft stowage built vertically into STB pushpit with HAM 1000 hydrostatic release
• Stern quarter pushpit seats crafted of teak and stainless steel
• Stainless steel pole at stern for navigation/communications antennae
• Removable partition located at top part of recessed anchor locker for kedge warp and chain stowage
• Dedicated shelf in anchor locker for safe storage of dinghy fuel
• Lazarette locker with twin stainless steel gas struts
• Stainless steel rail for rope stowage
• Shelving maximized for plastic bin storage
• Gas locker for (2) 20 lb. propane cylinders and deck fitting for BBQ gas line

STEERING:

• Lewmar torque rod steering system at twin pedestals with 44” Mini-Maxi stainless steel wheels (2) Brown suede leather wheel covers

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Seven berths in four cabins, excluding the saloon. Interior joinery finished in maple. Essential features include high-polish stainless steel grab rails, ‘shadow-gap’ joints between panels and Oyster custom knobs for lockers and drawers. Teak V-grooved cabin sole. Surfaces in galley are ‘Sandstorm’ Avonite. Surfaces in heads are ‘Artica’ Avonite. Headlining in off-white vinyl. Leather upholstery. Lee screens on sea berths. Roman blind systems in all cabins. OCEANAIR sky screens on all deck hatches. Fly screens on all opening hull and coach roof ports. Caframo cabins fans. Ocean View fixed hull windows.

LAYOUT (from Forward):

SAIL LOCKER - Accessed via deck hatch with stainless steel ladder. Deep, with plenty of storage for fenders, and divided fore and aft with stainless steel bar and Dacron sail cloth for easy storage of off-wind sails. Teak slats along hull for hanging lines.

VIP CABIN - Unique to KATHARA:  Large centerline queen berth with drawers and massive amount of storage beneath. Two hanging lockers. Opening hull ports and large Solimar overhead hatch with OCEANAIR blind. Full-length beveled edge mirror on back of cabin door.

EN-SUITE HEAD - Basin with vanity mirror and storage. Separate shower stall, Dometic Masterflush 8700 toilet. 

PORT AFT DAY HEAD - Accessed from forward passageway and shared by occupants of starboard double cabin. Basin with Avonite countertop. Locker and vanity storage. Dometic Masterflush 8700 toilet, shower. Built-in wash bag locker.

DOUBLE CABIN - To starboard with double berth, locker, drawers, hanging locker and under-berth lockers. Shares day head to port. 

MAIN SALOON - Main living space features a large, curved L-shaped settee to starboard around a fixed maple table with a teak-trimmed surround line. There is a shorter settee to port plus two loose captain’s folding chairs. The central table pedestal has bottle storage. Small saloon locker to port for champagne and wine glasses and large locker to starboard for wine glasses and tumblers. Splendide washer/dryer.

GALLEY - Located aft of the saloon to port. There is a stainless steel gimbaled Ocean Chef XL gas stove with five burners, grill and oven, Neff range exhaust hood, twin sinks with drainage grooves in countertop, and plentiful built-in lockers. Tall front-opening fridge inboard with brushed stainless steel doors and front-opening freezer box. Microwave oven. All surfaces and upstands in ‘Sandstorm’ Avonite. There is abundant storage in cabinets and drawers throughout the galley.

NAVIGATION AREA - Located to starboard of saloon with chart table, locker and bookshelf for ship’s manuals. Leather upholstered seat. Electrical service panel located inboard aft of companionway within easy reach. Battery isolation breakers.

WORKSHOP/CREW CABIN - Steps lead down from navigation area into passageway with access to a single-berth crew cabin that can double as a workshop with locker and drawer storage for tools and spares. Directly beneath bunk is a chart storage locker. Aftmost is a door into the owner’s shower stall and head for secondary egress if needed. There are double doors opening into engine room for great access.

ENGINE ROOM - Sound-insulated with 24 V lighting and extractor fans. Accessed via double-hinged doors from crew cabin. Storage racks on walls inside.

OWNER’S STATEROOM - Aft cabin has a queen centerline berth with under-berth drawers, dressing table/desk and large hanging lockers with built-in safe. There are numerous drawers and lockers for storage and a flat screen TV mounted on the forward bulkhead. There is plenty of ventilation with two large deck opening hatches, opening hull ports and coach roof windows.

EN-SUITE HEAD - Aft cabin to starboard is the owner’s head with large basin area, double vanity doors and huge shower stall. Dometic Masterflush 8700 toilet. Extractor fan. Full-length beveled edge mirror on cabin door.

MAIN SALOON:

• 32” Sony LED TV with electric lift system
• Apple TV media streaming device
• (2) Pairs JL audio speakers
• IQ Infrared repeater for TV and Apple TV

CHART TABLE:

• Fusion MS-AV700 tuner/CD/DVD with i-Pod dock
• Sirius audio
• Vasari mini PC with AG Neovo LCD display, wireless Logitech keyboard and mouse
• Cisco wireless access point
• Inventica YachtSpot wireless router
• Yellowbrick satellite-based tracking unit
• Sailor Fleet 250 satellite phone

COCKPIT:

• Fusion FM 504  4-channel amplifier
• (2) Pairs Bose 131 speakers
• Fusion remote starboard pedestal

AFT CABIN:

• 32” Sony LED TV
• Fusion MS AV 7001 tuner
• iPod dock
• (1) Pair JL speakers

ANCHORING:

• Lewmar V6 hydraulic anchor windlass with foot switch
• 75 lb. CQR main anchor with 325’ galvanized chain
• Spade S100 collapsible kedge anchor with 328’ x 18 mm Octoplait nylon warp and 32’ x 12 mm chain tail

HATCHES and PORTS:

• Solimar flush-mount deck hatches
• Gebo alloy-framed portlights in coaming
• Gebo opening hullports
• Deck saloon opening windows with gas struts

WINCHES (all Lewmar self-tailing):

• (2)  77 CEST 2-speed electric primaries
• (2)  58 CEST 2-speed electric secondaries
• 58 CEST 2-speed electric mainsheet
• 58 CST 2-speed manual mainsail halyard
• 58 CST 2-speed manual genoa and staysail halyard fitted on mast

Note:  All halyards are designed to run back to electric primaries through “stand-up” blocks on each rail.

DAVITS:

• Cooney S300 electric davits with dinghy locater and belly bands

CANVAS (All WeatherMax 80 “Taupe”):

• Spray hood
• Bimini
• Covers for cockpit table and pedestals

DECK EQUIPMENT – GENERAL:

• Cockpit table – gloss-varnished teak with Frigomatic refrigerated cooling box and extra folding extension leaves at forward and aft ends
• Acrylic-covered cockpit cushions with closed cell foam
• Passerelle socket on transom step
• Passerelle topping lift upgraded to act as back-up main halyard
• Hot and cold freshwater deck shower in transom locker
• Freshwater wash-down at bow and pedestal in cockpit
• Oyster custom drop-down washboard system
• Stainless steel BBQ grill built into port pushpit rail

MAST AND RIGGING:

• Cutter rig
• Hydraulic in-mast furling with hydraulic outhaul. Controls at pedestal
• Formula white painted aluminum mast with hydraulic in-mast furling
• Navtec backstay and vang adjuster with remote hydraulic control panel at pedestal
• (2) ‘No strike’ ion dissipaters at masthead
• Discontinuous stainless steel wire rigging
• Preventer lines fixed on boom
• Folding mast steps at mast head

HEADSAIL FURLING:

• Reckmann hydraulic headsail furler
• Reckmann hydraulic staysail furler

MPS CRUISING CHUTE GEAR:

• Package including carbon spinnaker pole vertically stowed on mast with line drive
• Spinnaker halyard

SAILS:

• Dolphin Pentex cruise laminate mainsail, yankee, staysail
• Dolphin asymmetric chute with Oxley inflatable squeezer

ENGINE:

• Volvo D4-180 hp, 1092 hrs. (3/2016)
  
• Twin Racor filters with change-over system and vacuum gauge

PROPELLER:

• Gori prop
• Ambassador AM20 rope cutter on prop shaft

ALTERNATORS:

• Volvo 115A, 12 V alternator for starting/battery charging
• Second Mastervolt 150 A, 24 V high-output alternator for domestic battery charging

GENERATOR:

• Onan 21.5 kVA generator – 110V @ 60Hz, 343 hrs. (3/2016)
  

THRUSTERS:

• Sleipner SP240 tunnel bow thruster
• Sleipner retracting SRP 170 stern thruster
• Thrusters upgraded to use SLink communication system between both units and controlled by a dual joystick system which includes a “hold function” for ease of docking

HYDRAULICS:

• Lewmar 400 Commander with twin motors and 4-function system for headsail and staysail furling, mainsail furling and outhaul

AIR CONDITIONING:

• 110 V Cruisair reverse-cycle system with 70,000 BTU total

REFRIGERATION:

• Frigomatic galley refrigeration for fridge and freezer
• Frigomatic cockpit refrigeration

WATERMAKER:

• Seafresh 206A watermaker with Seafresh auto-flush system producing approx. 52 gallons/hour

TANKAGE and PLUMBING:

FUEL:

• (2) Fiberglass tanks, 528 gallons total
• Twin Racor filter system

WATER:

• (2) Fiberglass tanks, 360 gallons total
• Charcoal water filter

TANK TENDER GAUGES:

• Offshore tank system for monitoring tanks, plus dipsticks

HOT WATER:

• Insulated tank heated by AC 110V or engine

HOLDING TANKS:

• (3) Gravity discharge polypropylene toilet holding tanks with Wema gauge and fittings for deck pump-out systems

SHIP’S DC SUPPLY:

• 12 V or 24 V

RINGMAIN:

• 110 V AC ring main with outlets throughout the interior

OTHER ELECTRICAL SOCKETS:

• 12 V Cigar lighter at chart table
• 30A 12 V waterproof socket in lazarette
• Waterproof USB sockets near companionway

BATTERIES:

• Domestic:  Rolls Surrette 820 AHr
• Engine start:  800 CCA
• Generator start:  800 CCA

BATTERY MANAGEMENT:

• (2) Mastervolt MASS 24/100 A chargers, including temperature sensors
• Mastervolt battery monitor
• Engine start to domestic batteries emergency link

INVERTERS:

• Mastervolt 110 V MASS Sine Inverter 24/2500 W for powering domestic sockets, microwave and PC

SHORE POWER:

• 50 A dockside power cable. Hubbell socket in transom
• Isolation transformer

INTERIOR LIGHTING:

• LED lights with polished chrome finish, down-lights over reading areas
• LED reading lights at berths
• LED ribbon lighting in saloon floor area and galley and saloon recesses
• Additional reading lights throughout
• Red “courtesy” footlights at deck saloon steps

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:

• Boom light over cockpit table
• Dimmer control at pedestal
• Spreader lights – (1) pair down and (3) pair up. Separately switched at pedestal
• Tri-white anchor/navigation light at masthead
• Steaming and deck light on mast
• Low-level deck lighting in cockpit and aft walkway, switched at pedestal
• Transom courtesy light, switched with cockpit lights
• Aft deck swiveling floodlight on antenna pole

• (2) SIRS Marine Major 150 mm diameter compasses, one mounted at each helm

SAILING INSTRUMENTS:

Companionway console:

• (4) Raymarine i70 multi displays

Port Pedestal:

• (2) i70 Multi displays

Starboard pedestal:

• i70 Multi display

Chart table:

• i70 Multi display

GPS:

• Raymarine E125 Series Hybrid Touch radar and GPS at nav station
• Raymarine E125 Series Hybrid Touch radar and GPS at starboard helm
• 4 kW Digital HD color radar
• Raymarine Sirius SR6 weather receiver

AIS:

• Raymarine AIS 650 transmit and receive with dedicated antenna

AUTOPILOT:

• Raymarine P70 autopilot control mounted on STB pedestal with Whitlock Mamba drive and Evolution EV1 self-learning course computer
• Raymarine Smart Controller remote mounted at chart table

WINDEX:

• At masthead

VHF RADIO:

• ICOM M424 VHF
• ICOM VHF Command mic handset at port pedestal
• Hailer/horn function with hailer on mast

SSB RADIO:

• ICOM 802 SSB radio including DSC antenna
• Wide copper strip and twin large ground plates
• Backstay insulator as aerial for SSB

SATELLITE PHONE:

• Sailor Fleet 250

PC:

LIFE RAFT:

• Viking RESK Pro 8-person

EPIRB:

• ACR Globalfix Pro Cat II

RADAR REFLECTOR:

• EchoMax 230 at masthead

BILGE PUMPS:

• Par electric bilge pump with Par hydro air switch
• Rule 3000 secondary bilge pump
• High water bilge alarm
• Henderson Mk V manual bilge pump
• Groco serviceable underwater thru hull fittings in lieu of Oyster standard

DECK SAFETY:

• (6) Spinlock 170 N life jackets
• Horseshoe life buoy
• Jonbuoy on pushpit
• Webbing jackstays with Wichard padeyes, forward bolted through deck
• Emergency tiller stowed in lazarette locker
• Hailer/horn function on mast

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS:

• Various, including automatic fire extinguisher in engine bay
• Fire blanket

ALARMS:

• Bilge-level audible alarm at cockpit

• AB 13’ aluminum hull RIB
• Yamaha 25 hp 2-stroke outboard
• Warps and fenders
• Oyster customized Sheffield stainless steel cutlery
• Oyster fitted bed linens
• Crew covers for all salon seating
• Spares and manuals