Oyster Marine 485
Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1992–2002
A robust cutter-rigged blue water cruiser developed from the 461, featuring a skeg-hung rudder for offshore security
Designed by Homann, Pyle & Kim Holman.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
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The Oyster Marine 485, on the water
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
LivelyComfort 42Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.68Bluewater
LightD/L 318Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 13.8Powered-up
TenderBallast 35%Stiff
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Heavier than ~90% of boats her size on file
Compared with 1899 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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Sailed by the fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.
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The Oyster Marine 485 on video
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Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.8
Displacement / length
317.9
Comfort ratio
42.3
Capsize screening
1.68
Hull speed
8.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1876
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1992–2002
Units built
36
Designer
Homann, Pyle, Kim Holman
Builder
Oyster Marine Ltd
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