SHAKURA has an immensely high level of specification, including a Mark II interior layout in maple and all the equipment that you could ever need for long-distance cruising. She has proved herself to be ideal for both long passages and for local cruising. She has been carefully maintained from Day One and was a boat show boat in 2003/04, and offers a great opportunity to purchase a well proven cruising yacht of the first quality that is ready for passage making.

SHAKURA has been well serviced this year and very little used. She includes an extremely comprehensive list of spares for world cruising.

We have owned SHAKURA from new and mostly used her only 2 up as she is very easy to handle.

We have maintained her as near to the original Oyster spec and finish as possible. She is very light and airy in her hard wearing Maple finish.

She has been to the Med and back and is an extremely comfortable, safe and fast blue water cruiser. She happily coped with an unforecast 50 knots plus for more than 24 hours across the Bay of Biscay, even though her crew we less enthusiastic.

She has the conveniences to make living on board at anchorage for extended periods remote from Marinas a great pleasure which we have enjoyed to the full. Equally she is a fast cruiser, as we have seen at many enjoyable Oyster Rallies we have attended, and quicker than an Oyster 53.

We were 190^th overall in the Round the Island race this year, with no gear removed apart from the RIB, and with more than half tanks!

RCD Status: The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A – “Ocean” (or Cat B – whichever is appropriate)

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• GRP hull is laid up single skin with structural stringers and floors to Lloyds approved design specification.
• Hull colour white with cove line and double boot top lines in standard Oyster blue.
• The stern design incorporates a bathing platform trimmed with teak slats and stainless steel and teak steps for access to the stern deck.
• Deck structure moulded in GRP with balsa core.
• Teak laid decks.
• Bulwark finished with a teak capping rail with stainless steel fairleads and extra fairleads midships and at stern to accommodate extra cleats.
• Oyster deck saloon profile with ‘eyebrow’ styling.
• Underwater of hull sandblasted, re-epoxied and antifouled (2013).
• Antifouled, new anodes, hull and superstructure polished and decks cleaned then treated with fungicide (May 2014).

Keel & Rudder:

• High performance bulb (HPB) keel.
• Fully protected skeg-hung rudder.

Engine & Gearboxes:

• 1 x Yanmar 4JH3-HTBE, 4-cylinder diesel engine (100hp).

Maintenance & Performance:

• Engine Hours: c. 1219 as of 03-06-14.
• Fully serviced May 2014.

Propulsion & Steering:

• Whitlock cable system, 900mm diameter, destroyer type leather covered stainless steel wheel.
• Whitlock "Athena" model pedestal.
• Maxprop feathering – 3-bladed.
• Ambassador AM15 rope cutter on prop shaft.
• Sleipner tunnel bowthruster, 9hp, control panel at pedestal.
• All underwater fittings, rudder bearings, props etc. checked and serviced as required (May 2014).

Voltage Systems:

• 24v Ship’s supply.
• Mains AC ring main with 7+ outlets throughout all cabins/spaces; fore cabin, mid cabin, saloon, chart table, galley inboard/outboard, rear cabin. PLUS 2 x Banks of 4 sockets (each bank separately switched in the A/C panel) behind the chart table and seat cushion for electronics/audio/PC.
• Second 30A ring main and Hubbell deck plate.
• 12V 'Dri Plug' at pedestal.
• 12V cigar-lighter type socket at chart table.
• Waterproof socket and plug in lazarette, suitable for dinghy pump (35A).

Battery Banks:

• Bank of 4 x 12V deep-cycle 183Ah Gel batteries for the domestic supply.
• 3 x 12V, 875Amp flooded lead acid batteries for engine and generator starting.
• All batteries new in 2009.

Battery Chargers:

• Mastervolt 220V MASS 24/100 battery charger.
• Mastervolt MICC battery indicator and remote charger / inverter controller.

Alternators:

• 55A/12V alternator to charge engine start battery.
• 150A/24V alternator to charge domestic battery bank.
• Alpha Pro 3 stage battery charging alternator for domestic electrical systems.

Generator:

• Onan e-QD 7.0MDKAV – 7kW, 50Hz, 220V.
• Hours: c. 488 as of 03-06-14
• Fully serviced May 2014.

Shore Power:

• 30A dockside power cable in 3-core double-insulated PVC, 15m in length, plus extention lead and adaptors.  2 x Hubbell sockets in deck locker. Dockside end of cable fitted with 3-pin, 16 amp plug.

Other Electrical:

• Mastervolt 220V MASS 24V/2500W Sine Wave Inverter.

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

• From an insulated 76 litre (16 imp / 30 US gallon) tanks heated by the engine’s heat exchanger, or by thermostatically-controlled 220V, 2kW immersion heater powered from dockside power or by Webasto.
• Pressurised hot and cold fresh water system.

Watermaker:

• HRO watermaker SFM 630-1,99LPH.

Bilge Pumps:

• Jabsco Maxi 3000 electric bilge pump.
• Whale Gusher 10 MkIII manual bilge pump operated from cockpit.
• Whale “Gulper” pumps to evacuate Greywater system.

Fuel:

• 858 litres (188 imp/226 US gallons) in a GRP tank.
• Tank tender for fuel tank.

Fresh water:

• 885 litres (194 imp/233 US gallons) in a GRP tank.
• Tank tender for water tank.

Grey/Blackwater holding tanks:

• Polypropylene holding tanks to forward and aft heads, with gauge.

Compass:

• S.I.R.S Major 150mm diameter compass.

Instruments:

• Autohelm ST60 instruments.

Companionway Console:

• ST60 Depth, Speed and Analogue Wind.
• Chart Table: ST60 Multi.
• Aft cabin: ST60 Multi.

Chart Plotter / Radar:

• Radar / plotter in cockpit 10” LCD RL80 CRC, with chart drawer, in removable yoke system starboard side forward end of cockpit. HSB2-PC ‘Plus’ unit. Connected to 4kW Raydome scanner.

Autopilot:

• Autohelm 7000, single linear drive with ST6000+ control head on steering pedestal – upgraded corepack to 400G for MARPA function. Spare drive, spare central computer and spare ST6000 head.

Windex:

• Combined Windex / VHF antenna at masthead.

VHF Radio:

• Raytheon Ray230E VHF (for US channels), upgraded for hailer / horn function.
• Second station 230E VHF complete with switched cockpit speaker.

SSB Radio:

• Icom 802 SSB radio.
• 2 x large groundplates and copper strip.

Satellite Phone:

• Iridium phone, linked to computer, aerial mounted to davits. Iridium, Navtex and GSM antenna/receiver mounted on stainless steel pole.

PC:

• HSB2-PC Raymarine PC interface from Seatalk/HSB2 network to 17” SHARP LL-T17D3-B flatscreen monitor at chart table stowage position with the PC built in.

Note: Electronics working as of May 2014. No Navtex available.

General:

• Euminia washing machine – Single Nova 1000, forward port in saloon.
• Oyster customized Wedgwood bone china crockery.
• Oyster stainless steel cutlery.

Galley:

• Twin stainless steel sinks, stowage is provided for crockery.
• Gimbaled Force 10 FT60451 cooker in stainless steel, with 4 burners, grill and oven.
• Gas fittings overhauled in 2012; checked with certificate in 2013.
• Front opening refrigerator and a top-opening insulated coolbox are located beside each other at the aft outboard end of the galley; Frigomatic DC refrigeration, keel cooler plate. Super Frigomatic DC evaporator plate freezer system. Refrigeration overhauled in May 2014.
• Sea water / fresh water manual pump.

Heads/Showers:

• Forward Heads Compartment: Jabsco manual toilet, washbasin and shower. Hans Grohe quality mixer taps and pressure balanced shower. Soap Dispenser.
• En-Suite Heads Compartment: PAR electric Quiet flush toilet, separate shower cubicle to port. Hans Grohe quality mixer taps and pressure balanced shower. Soap dispenser. Electric, three bar stainless steel towel rail.
• Hot & cold freshwater deck shower.

Heating & Ventilation:

• Webasto DW Thermo 90 water heating with 5 fan units (2 in saloon), also heats hot water (switchable), fully serviced in 2012.
• Reverse cycle 220V AC only, with 1 x air con unit 16,000 BTU’s for saloon, and 1 x 8,000 BTU’s in aft cabin – added in 2005.

Hatches & Windows:

• Lewmar alloy-framed deck hatches.
• Gebo alloy-framed portlights in coaming.
• Gebo opening hullports.
• Gebo opening portlight from galley into cockpit.
• Gebo opening portlight from chart table into cockpit.

Entertainment (Sound System):

• Sony CD/MP3/Tuner with USB/ iPad connectivity and Clarion Multi changer in saloon with power amps, ‘Gallo’ surround speakers and subwoofer.
• Clarion Tuner/Minidisk and CDD changer in aft cabin with matched speakers. Saloon has 5.1 surround sound.
• Cockpit speakers.

Entertainment (Television):

• 26” Sony Bravia KDL26EX LED Flatscreen TV in saloon to port forward bulkhead with swing-out bracket, with timber frame and wire trunking – new in 2012. Linked to Clarion DVD/HiFi.
• Status Omni directional aerial mounted at masthead.

Lighting (Interior):

• Designed to be discreet while directing light where it is required.
• Halogen overhead lights, and extra overhead lights, with red lenses, as nightlights in galley, chart table, both heads and forward saloon.
• Red courtesy light to forward saloon step.
• Cabin 'Glassline Minor' reading lights in chrome with ceramic shades.
• Flexible chart table light.
• Auto door lights to refrigeration and drinks locker.
• Engine room lighting.

Lighting (Exterior):

• Boom light to illuminate cockpit, switch at steering pedestal.
• Forward deck flood light, switch at steering pedestal.
• Aqua Signal 41 navigation lights.
• Tri-white navigation light at masthead.

Summary of Accommodation:

• Six berths in three cabins, excluding the saloon.
• Interior joinery finished in maple with Oyster ‘Millenium’ styling.
• Designed to be modern and co-ordinated, whilst remaining practical and durable at sea.
• Essential features include: sculpted fiddles and grabrails, “shadow-gap” joints between panels and Oyster custom knobs for lockers and drawers.
• Chequer-board veneered floor panels, with a perimeter inlay line.
• Surfaces in galley in Avonite with upstands colour: ‘Desert Tan’ and heads in Avonite colour ‘Flannel Gray’.
• Headlining in off-white vinyl.
• Upholstery - saloon and aft cabin in Alcantara colour: Onion Skin, stitched panel seating throughout.
• Lee cloths.
• Deck saloon curtains in Oyster white.
• Oceanair Skyscreens to all deck hatches.
• Metal flyscreens to all opening hull and coachroof ports.
• Hella fans to aft, forward, second starboard cabin, saloon and galley.
• 2-brick sized safe with key in aft cabin – under bed.
• Yacht was valeted in May 2014.

Description of layout from forwards:

Forward Double Cabin:

A spacious double cabin in the bows with a ‘V’ berth with an infill piece, with capacious drawers under, a vanity unit, lockers to port and starboard and a hanging locker.

Twin Cabin:

To starboard with upper and lower berths, a vanity unit and a hanging locker.

Forward Heads Compartment:

To port, accessed from the passageway and shared by the forward cabins, incorporating a Jabsco manual toilet, washbasin and shower. Hans Grohe quality mixer taps and pressure balanced showers. Soap dispenser.

Saloon:

Features a stylish table with maple ‘Birdseye’ to top face and curved settee area on the starboard side whilst to port is another curved settee. A large feature opening hull port each side allows visual contact with the outside whilst seated. A bookcase is fitted in the port and starboard hull port recesses. Outboard, to port and starboard are a pair of lockers and a shelf central to the hull port. The table is designed to form, in its closed position, an occasional table which is mounted on a very substantial pedestal base. Stowage for bottles is incorporated into the pedestal locker. The saloon is extremely light and airy, with seven windows of which two of the three forward ones open.

Navigation Area:

Customised around electronics and navigational instrumentation, flush mounted in a black, man-made leather fascia. The chart table with separate lap top space inside fits half-folded Admiralty charts and a good size bookshelf outboard of this.

Note: The leatherette panel (as it was. See picture below) housing the SSB and screen was replaced by a proper maple faced door to give access to the electronics behind, in the navigation area. The leatherette panel to the outside of the seat remains.

Galley:

The galley is located to starboard of the cockpit, in the companionway to the aft cabin. Features twin stainless steel sinks, stowage is provided for crockery. A gimbaled Force 10 FT60451 cooker in stainless steel, with 4 burners, grill and oven. Gas fittings overhauled in 2012; checked with certificate in 2013. A front opening refrigerator and a top-opening insulated coolbox are located beside each other at the aft outboard end of the galley. Sea water / fresh water manual pump. Refrigeration overhauled in May 2014.

Owner’s Cabin with En-Suite Heads Compartment:

With double berth offset from the centre line, a curved settee, dressing table and large hanging locker, with abundant drawer and locker space. One drawer fitted as a filing drawer.

Ensuite-heads with a PAR electric Quiet flush toilet, separate shower cubicle to port. Hans Grohe quality mixer taps and pressure balanced showers. Soap dispenser. Electric, three bar stainless steel towel rail.

Mast & Rigging:

• Sloop rigged.
• Hood Stoway in-mast electric furling, white painted with controls aft – fully serviced in 2011.
• Harken backstay tensioner.
• Spectra gybe preventers on side of boom (ready for use).
• Rig checked and halyard/running rigging/sheaves etc. renewed as recommended in 2013. Rig checked then checked again in May 2014.

Headsail Furling:

• Headsail furling system.
• Towable genoa cars with clutches.
• Genoa cleaned and new sacrificial strip fitted (May 2014).

Spinnaker Gear:

• Package includes: Single pole vertically stowed on mast with sidewinder heel control, halyard, sheets ad blocks, topping lift and downhaul.

Storm Jib Package:

• Package includes: removable forestay and adjuster, 2 x Wichard deckplates, halyard, extra pair of sheets and cars.

Winches (By Lewmar, Self-Tailing):

• 2 x 64 CEST two-speed, electric primary winches.
• 2 x 48 CST secondary, spinnaker winches.
• 1 x 44 CEST electric halyard/mainsheet winch, port side cockpit companionway.
• 2 x Main track winches.
• 2 x 40 CST two-speed, halyard winches on mast.
• All serviced in 2011.

Sails (Dolphin):

• Furling headsail – White UV Strips and Foam Luff in Pentax Cruise Laminate radial cut.
• In-mast furling mainsail in Pentax Cruise Laminate radial cut.
• 1.5oz cruising chute with snuffer.
• Storm jib in high visibility orange.
• Trysail in high visibility orange, track to mast with clutch, spectra halyard, halyard function and trysail sheets.

General:

• Mooring and cockpit cleats in polished stainless steel.
• Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, and pair of gateway midship stanchions close up to form the side-gates.
• All upper guard wires replaced in 2011.
• Gate to pushpit.
• Stainless steel cap rail protectors for gateways.
• Stainless steel guard rails over forward dorade boxes.
• Stainless steel grabrails on deck saloon roof.
• Large lazarette locker with twin gas struts to lid.
• Rope locker in aft deck on gas struts.
• Gas locker.
• Quarter pushpit seats in stainless steel and teak.
• Custom overlength cockpit table, with sliding hinges and leaves supports.
• Stainless steel mugrack and grabrail on pedestal.
• 2.5m folding carbon fibre Passerelle with socket in transom rung.
• Cockpit coaming locker in aft coaming with flat stainless steel surround.
• Bathing ladder.
• Deckwash mounted in bow – tee’d from fresh water supply including hose.
• Drop down washboard.

Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

• Forward anchor locker partitioned with removable panel.
• 27kg (60Ib) CQR anchor with 80m (262’) of 12mm short link, calibrated galvanized chain.
• Fortress Kedge anchor, chain and warp.
• Lewmar Ocean 3 vertical capstan type 24V electric anchor windlass, including remote controls in cockpit.
• Snubber/chain relief strop.
• Warps and fenders.

Covers, Canvas & Cushions:

• Sprayhood to main companionway with stainless steel grab rail to aft edge in Sunbrella Ocean Blue (2013).
• Wheel and pedestal cover in Sunbrella Ocean Blue (2013).
• Bimini with windows, with additional zip-on cockpit enclosure to sides and back, including storage cover.
• Cockpit cushions in Acrylic – Sunbrella ‘Ocean Blue’.

Tender & Outboard:

• Avon 340 RIB & 20hp Mariner outboard (serviced April 2014) from 2008. Trailer available.

• Whittal Davits (220kg, 285lb) with moved ensign socket.
• Novalift II outboard crane to port aft push-pit.
• Outboard bracket – enclosed style in pushpit – Max 15hp.

Safety Equipment:

• RFD Beaufort 6-Man Liferaft, next service due in June 2015.
• EPIRB new in 2012.
• Firdell Blipper radar reflector on mast.
• Jonbuoy – serviced in 2012.
• 2 x Horseshoe buoys.
• Webbing jackstays.
• Lightning Ion dissipator at masthead.
• Emergency tiller.
• Electronic solenoid gas shut-off valve – new in 2013.
• Throwing line – Rescue Sling.

Fire-fighting equipment:

• Various including automatic fire extinguisher in engine bay – all fire extinguishers other than engine bay were replaced in May 2014 (engine bay 2012).