Oyster Marine 45

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The Oyster Marine 45, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from SailingBritican

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 40 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 40

CoastalBluewater

1.72 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.72

LightHeavy

285 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 285

EasygoingPowered-up

13.3 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 13.3

TenderStiff

33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 33%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

Heavier than ~93% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2399 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Oyster Marine 45, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Oyster Marine 45 is a masthead sloop designed by Holman, Pye and built by Oyster Marine since 1996. This 13.5-meter (45-foot) sailboat has a fin keel with a spade rudder, a beam of 4.3 meters, and a draft of 2.0 meters, displacing 15,875 kg. It offers a shoal draft option of 1.65 meters. Prospective buyers at boat shows compare models like the Oyster Marine 45 with larger vessels such as the Oyster 56, evaluating practical aspects like headroom and interior flow.0:56

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel looked into buying

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

33.1%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

13.3

Displacement / length

284.8

Comfort ratio

40.4

Capsize screening

1.72

Hull speed

8.3 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1901

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1996

Units built

70

Designer

Holman, Pye

Builder

Oyster Marine

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Oyster Marine 475A Holman & Pye designed masthead sloop evolved from the 46, offering a high comfort ratio for blue water cruising Oyster Marine 53 (Holman & Pye)A Holman & Pye designed masthead sloop built for blue water, featuring a stiff fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder Oyster 46A Holman & Pye designed staysail ketch built for offshore stability with a high ballast ratio and skeg-mounted rudder Oyster Marine 46 (Humphreys)A Rob Humphreys-designed bluewater cruiser featuring a powerful masthead rig and a stiff, high-displacement hull Oyster Marine 435A Holman & Pye designed cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, built for blue-water stability and comfortable long-distance cruising

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