FAR SIDE68' Oyster 655 2008

• Air-conditioned Interior 
• (3) 220V Dometic Air conditioning units (2024) 
• (1) 220V Dometic variable frequency air conditioning unit (2023) 
• Eight berths in four cabins, excluding the saloon 
• Interior joinery finished in American Oak with Oyster 'millennium' styling, designed to be modern and coordinated, while remaining practical and durable at sea 
• Essential features include sculpted fiddles and grab-rails, 'shadow-gap' joints between panels and Oyster custom knobs for lockers and drawers 
• Cabin sole in 'checkerboard' style teak  
• Cantalupi night/courtesy lighting for companionway steps, each step in saloon area and master cabin, with entry switch at top of companionway 
• Custom shelving in galley, master cabin lockers and electronics lockers 
• Additional Cantalupi recessed lighting added in master head and over the navigation table 
• Galley surfaces in Avonite Night Pearl satin finish, with routered drainage grooves 
• Head surfaces in Avonite Kaleidoscope satin finish  
• Headlining in off-white vinyl  
• Upholstery – Alcantara Anthracite in saloon, and Chic Grey in cabins  
• Lee screens on sea berths  
• Curtains/blind system to all cabins  
• Deck saloon Skysol blinds (2021) 
• Oceanair Skyscreens to all deck hatches  
• Flyscreens to all opening hull and coachroof ports  
• (7) 24V Caframo fans 

From Forward  

Forward Sail Locker  

• In forepeak, accessed from deck hatch, as well as watertight door below in starboard head 

En-suite Head/Shower 

• Flush-mounted shower hose in headlining panel aft of door to foc’sle, large Vacuflush (500 Series) linked to freshwater supply, basin and stowage, opening port and hatch for light and ventilation 

Starboard Forward Double Cabin 

• Double berth with four large drawers and lockers underneath. Hanging locker with fitted mirror. Outboard locker. Door to en-suite head 

Port Forward Twin Cabin  

• Twin-berth cabin fitted with lockers beneath the lower berth, a hanging locker with fitted mirror, and locker with shelves 

Day Head and En-suite Shower 

• To port with shower compartment, heads and basin. Access from both port forward twin cabin and forward passageway 

Saloon  

• Featuring a large, custom, slightly curved L-shaped settee to starboard and a slightly curved settee to port 
• Central to the L-shaped settee is a gorgeous fixed table with built-in hand grip 
• Locker with bottle stowage housed beneath table 
• Salon table and mast cover  
• Lockers outboard and behind saloon settee backs, as well as storage lockers beneath the seats 
• Book rack and lockers for stowage of crockery and glasses 
• Electric lift mount for TV in port side hullport recess 
• Bosch WVT1260 washer/dryer installed in the saloon 

Galley  

• U-shaped with plenty of worktop space 
• Custom galley stainless steel backsplash, full length of sink bulkhead  
• Stainless steel Force 10 gourmet 3-burner stove and oven; custom-gimbaled, with protective stainless steel grab bar across front 
• Front-opening fridge and top-opening freezer, consisting of: 
• 24V DC @50 F for galley fridge with keel cooler 
• Frigomatic 24V DC @50 F twin compressors with twin plate for freezer box (new 2021 with spare compressor) 
• Microwave oven (2021) 
• Twin stainless steel sinks 
• Seagull purifier water system, which also supplies ice maker, with dedicated faucet 
• A large rubbish bin is fitted under counter 

Navigation Area  

• Located aft of saloon to starboard with chart table to accommodate half-folded Admiralty charts, bookshelf, areas for electronics displays and main electrical switch panels 

Engine Room and Aft Passageway 

• (3) Access doors to engine room from aft passage 
• Large hanging locker with vent to engine room for drying 

Aft Starboard Twin Guest Cabin  

• Twin berths with hanging locker, fitted mirror and set of drawers. Ventilated by a hullport and overhead coachroof port. 

Owner's Stateroom  

• Aft double berth offset to port of the centerline with under-berth drawers. Dressing table and pair of large hanging lockers with mirror, abundant drawer and locker space. Sea berth with trotter box to starboard. Twin book racks. Four-brick safe. 26" LCD TV mounted on forward bulkhead. Lee cloth added to closet shelves. This cabin also has its own companionway hatch from the aft deck, with a ladder offset to starboard. 

Owner’s Head and Shower 

• With separate shower stall, large Vacuflush (500 Series) linked to freshwater supply, basin and stowage. 

• 24V ship’s supply 
• 40A 24V alternator for start battery charging and Mastervolt 150A 24V high output alternator for domestic battery charging controlled by a Mastervolt Alpha Pro Regulator (Jan 2020) 
• (2) 100A Mastervolt MASS battery chargers 
• New 240VAC and 24VDC Electrical System with Lithium Batteries (2023) 
• Complete new hardware and wiring from shore power to 24VDC system. 
• Direct shore power to charger design with all 240VAC, 50 HZ equipment powered by inverters. AirCon units, water heater and watermaker can be powered by lithium batteries. 

Mastervolt hardware including: 

• (5) MLI 24/6000 Lithium batteries,  
• (3) Chargemaster Plus 24/110-2 chargers,  
• (2) Mass Sine Ultra 24/4000 inverters, 
• Mastervolt inverter for 110v power outlets  
• Mastervolt EasyView 5 Multi-Function Display 

• New 240 Volt Panel Board at Navigation Station 
• New engine instrument panel at port helm station 
• 220V/110/v mains AC ring main with (7) double 3-pin outlet sockets 
• 12V socket at chart table 
• 24V dry-plug socket at starboard pedestal for MCA fire-fighting system 
• Shaver sockets in each head 

Exterior/Interior Lighting 

• Downlight-type LED lights in polished chrome finish with downlighters over reading areas 
• LED lights in each head, as well as over the galley work surfaces 
• Reading light for each berth 
• (2) Perko exterior dome lights in engine room 
• (3) Rod “courtesy” footlights at deck saloon steps 
• Flexible chart table light 
• LED cockpit lights installed in Bimini 
• Pair of lower spreader lights 
• Lopolight LED tri white anchor/navigation light at masthead 
• Lopolight LED steaming light 
• Lopolight LED navigation lights at bow and stern 
• (8) Low-level LED lights in cockpit 
• White LED courtesy lighting on transom to light bathing platform 
• (2) Adjustable footlights, one on each satellite mast, custom installed with waterproof switch under aft step. 
• LED bilge and engine room lighting  

Shore Power 

• 50A Dockside shore power cable 
• Hubbell socket in transom, plus additional 30A shore power socket 
• Polarity changeover switch to alter polarity manually to operate with both shore supplies 

• July 2023 (4) new B&G chart plotters, refit of all instruments and hardware located at both helm station and navigation station in the salon. B&G and Simrad equipment including new autopilot, radar, multifunction displays. 21” IP67 monitor at navigation station. Garmin multifunction displays over companionway
• New custom display panels for two helm stations and navigation station panels  
• Star Link Marine 
• New (2022) KVH V3-HTS VSat system 
• (2) Globemaster compass at helm station – (black) 
• B&G H3000 CPU giving speed, depth, wind speed and analogue direction at each pedestal and chart table 
• Simrad autopilot with monochrome graphic pilot display on port pedestal 
• Windex at masthead 
• Simrad RS87 VHF with hailer horn function 
• Simrad RS87 VHF 2nd station including speaker at port pedestal 
• (2) Icom handheld VHF with charging socket at chart table 
• Wide copper strip and twin large ground plates as SSB earth 
• Backstay insulated as aerial 

GRP hull is laid-up single skin with structural stringers and floors to Lloyds-approved design specification Hull laminate incorporating Kevlar and carbon fiber. High performance bulb (HPB) external lead keel with fully protected skeg-hung rudder. The stern design incorporates a bathing platform trimmed with teak slats and S/S steps for access to the stern deck. Built to comply with the requirements stipulated in the European Union's recreational craft directive (EURCD) to meet Design Category A – 'Ocean', built to Charter Code: MCA Category II. 

• Hull color White, with cove line and double boot top lines in Reichhold Black.  
• Bottom reconditioned and painted – Sanded down to barrier coat. Two coats of Seahawk BioCop  (Jun 2024) 

• Deck structure molded in GRP with balsa core 
• Teak-laid deck re-caulked (2024) 
• Walk-through teak-laid cockpit 
• Oyster deck saloon profile with 'G5' styling 
• The deck edge incorporates a bulwark which facilitates relatively flat side decks. The top of the bulwark is clean GRP finish with a new, modern and stylish rolled edge 
• Ample C-Quip stainless steel folding cleats, with extra pair on aft bulwark for stern-to mooring 
• Stainless steel grabrails atop deck saloon 
• Carbon passarelle with socket in top stem of transom  
• Stainless steel bathing ladder  
• Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, and gateway midship stanchions 
• Stainless steel hinging boarding ladders close up to form the side-gates 
• Gate to pushpit 
• Life raft stowage built into pushpit  
• Custom stainless steel Satcom masts (port/starboard) on the stern 
• Stern quarter seats incorporated into pushpit 
• Lazarette locker with twin gas struts and stainless steel rail for rope stowage 
• Hot and cold freshwater deck shower in transom locker plus freshwater hose outlet  
• Gas locker with two fiberglass bottles 

Steering  

• Twin lectern-style pedestals with 46" Mini-Maxi stainless steel wheels with suede leather covers 
• Stainless steel mug racks on each pedestal 

• 105 lb. CQR main anchor 
• 66 lb. Danforth anchor 
• Carbon fiber bowsprit 
• Spare 350' anchor rode  
• 10m/ 12mm chain and 100m/ 18mm warp attached by eye and shackle  
• Anchor stemhead fitting:  Custom stainless steel pin and strap support added 
• Lewmar 3000 vertical gypsy/drum windlass with remote control switch on port pedestal 
• Anchor washdown system  
• Anchor locker grate  
• (6) Lewmar alloy-framed deck hatches, plus additional hatches over cabins and heads according to MCA regulations 
• Gebo alloy-framed portlights in coaming 
• Gebo opening hullports 
• Cooney composite davits to take 400 kg load with strengthening webs bonded in lazarette 

• Cockpit table is teak and stainless with refrigerated coolbox 
• Coolbox has Frigomatic 24V refrigeration, direct water-cooled (new 2021) 
• Cockpit cushions (Sunbrella – beige installed 2024) 
• Main companionway hatch with signature Oyster vertical sliding “drop down” washboard of acrylic which may be locked in three positions. Fitted with stainless ventilation grill 
• Dual wheel covers in elkhide 

All in light Tan Sunbrella (all new 2024) to cool the cockpit  

• Dodger with elk-hide grab bar 
• Full sectional bimini from dodger to helm 
• Side curtains and aft sectional awning for mooring or aft deck 2024 
• Covers for cockpit table and dual-helm pedestals 
• Cockpit, foredeck, helm seats, pushpit cushions 

Mast and Rigging:  

• Rig pulled, mast boom and all standing rigging removed, level C inspection (June 2022) 
• Cutter rig 
• Hall Mast (painted white) with hydraulic furling 
• Hall Boom (painted white) with in-boom hydraulic reversing outhaul – overhauled 2024 
• Solid hydraulic vang 
• Hydraulic backstay legs and rams 
• Standing rod rigging (new 2023) 
• Reckmann hydraulic headsail furler  
• Reckmann hydraulic staysail furler 
• New hydraulic lines in sail locker (Feb 2020) 
• Spinnaker gear:  Cruising chute package with single carbon pole stowed vertically on mast, halyard, sheets, blocks, topping lift and downhaul 
• Check stays  

NORTH SAILS new July 2022:  

• North Sails 3di Ocean 700 mainsail 
• North Sails 3di Ocean 700 genoa 
• North Sails 3di Ocean 700 staysail 
• New North Sails custom spinnaker 

Storm sail, storm tri sail (with attendant rigging on mast) never used. 

North Sails new 2024: 

• North Sails - Helix Cruising G-zero NPL, Facnor furling kit and integrator 

Winches (Harken self-tailing)  

• (2) 3-speed electric primaries 
• (2) 2-speed secondaries 
• (1) 2-speed electric mainsheet 
• (1) 2-speed traveler control  
• (1) 2-speed reefing control line  
• (1) 2-speed genoa and staysail halyard  
• Deck-mounted electric halyard 

• Perkins Sabre M185C (5,123 hours, May 2025) – 6 cylinder 187 hp main engine with 24V start (engine blowers new 2020) (installed new sound insulation in salon bilge areas 2014) (new gauges in cockpit 2014) 
• 3-Bladed 30" diameter Brunton feathering prop  
• New rope cutter on shaft installed 2024 
• New cutlass bearings (2021) 
• Prop shaft cutlass bearing and inner shaft coupling replaced, new dripless, aqua drive serviced (2021) 
• Onan 17.5 KVA generator (4,390 hours, May 2025) with e-QD digital display system 
• Maxpower CT325 – 18hp tunnel bow thruster with eyebrow refurbished motor installed 2024 
• Whitlock Mamba torque rod linkage steering system, installed with twin remote pedestals, each incorporating a 46” diameter Mini Maxi type stainless steel wheel with elkhide covers, friction brake, and three-bearing pedestal steering unit (completely serviced 2014) 
• Lewmar 400 Commander hydraulic system to operate headsail furling, staysail furling, mainsail furling and mainsail outhaul 
• 2023 Hydraulic refit & service – Hydraulic Furling System 
• Service Lemar Hydraulic Motors (2), New brushes 
• Replace Hydraulic hoses and new fitting/couplings 

• Fuel:  502 US gallons in (2) GRP tanks 
• Water:  422 US gallons in (2) GRP tanks 
• Spectra 24 V DC water maker (2024) 
• Fuel and water tanks are coupled to a tank tender contents gauge. Back-up dipsticks are fitted and calibration charts supplied to all tanks 
• Hot water from an insulated 19-gallon tank heated by the engine's heat exchanger, or by thermostatically-controlled 220V, 1.25kW immersion heater elements powered by the generator or dockside power 
• Pressurized hot and cold freshwater system, pump replaced (2020) with spare in stores 
• U-Line SS95 icemaker installed 2024 – powered by main inverter and water supply from Seagull purifier 
• (3) Gravity discharge polypropylene toilet holding tanks for each of the (3) heads, fitted with Wema gauges 
• (2) Welded polypropylene greywater tanks are each fitted with a Rule mercury float switch and a Whale “Gulper’ pump, to give automatic evacuation of all showers and washbasins. The galley sinks pump directly overboard via an electric Whale “Gulper’ pump manually activated by a waterproof rocker switch 
• (2) Manifold systems in the main bilge area: Linked stainless steel fabrications fed by (2) 2” strainers and seacocks. Aquafax heavy-duty 2” chromed bronze water strainers for the aft manifolds and 1.5” for the forward manifold. All seacocks are quarter-turn de-zincification resistant (DZR) copper alloy reinforced ball valves with bronze through-hull fittings. The main engine and generator exhausts each have a GRP standpipe 

• EPIRBS serviced (2024) 
• Sea-Me active radar transponder on masthead, with control at chart table  
• Echomax 230r radar reflector on mast above radar dome 
• Par 34600 electric (2024) and Henderson MkV manual bilge pumps 
• Horseshoe lifebuoys with lights 
• Danbuoys updated 2024 
• New high volume electric bilge pump installed 2024 
• 2 new life rafts installed 2024 
• Webbing jackstays 
• MOB button 
• Emergency tiller 
• Preventer lines fixed on main boom to attach to lazy pole downhaul guy 
• (8) Mounted fire extinguishers and automatic fire extinguisher in engine bay 
• Bilge level alarm at pedestals and LED indicator at main DC panel 
• Gas alarm 
• Fire extinguishers serviced (July 2024) 
• Fire shutters to engine space intake/discharge ducts with remote operation 
• Auto fire protection in rear of AC/DC electrical panel 
• Gas detector in galley with (2) sensors 
• Fog horn on mast  
• In-line ¼-turn valves to water and fuel tank breathers 

New Safety Equipment 

• Solas approved hydrostatic inflatable life vests with integral harnesses, strobes, whistles, tethers and jacklines; with additional flashlights; knives
• (8) Adult offshore PFDs; (2) Child offshore PFDs 
• Stanchion-mounted hydrostatic release EPIRB 
• Stanchion-mounted pair of life rings 
• (2) Stanchion-mounted strobes 
• Stanchion-mounted MOB pole 
• Stanchion-mounted life sling with block and tackle 
• Extensive ARC Ditch Bag 

• Mega fenders, lines  
• (8) Dock lines; anchor snubber  
• Heyco marine tool kit 
• Comprehensive tools, spares and manuals 

EXTERIOR 

• Teak deck refinished, caulking replaced and sanded. 
• Gelcoat repairs 
• Cockpit table refinished 
• All canvas replaced  
• Cushions recovered 
• Sunshades for bimini made 
• New mattresses in owners and guest cabin 
• New AB 13' Alumina dinghy with 30hp Honda electric start/trim motor 
• North Sails - Helix Cruising G-zero NPL, Facnor furling kit and integrator 
• Fabricated carbon fibre Bowsprit for G-zero sail 
• New docklines, furling lines and sheets for G-zero 
• Boom reconditioned including outhaul service 
• Solar panels installed 
• New life rafts and Jon Buoy 
• Rebuilt bow thruster motor  

INTERIOR 

• Apple TV installed 
• Cabinetry touched up. Tool/storage cabinet built under top bunk - Stbd crew cabin 
• Fire suppression system inspected and extinguishers recharged 
• New ship PC and nav software 

ELECTRICAL & MACHINERY 

• Spectra DC watermaker installed 
• Aircon pump replaced. Three new Dometic air conditioners installed - fourth installed in 2023 
• Main engine serviced, heat exchanger replaced, injectors serviced, alternator mounting reinforced, replaced exhaust elbows   
• Generator serviced and cooling system flushed 
• GOST alarm and monitoring system installed - deck pressure sensors, companionway sensor, cameras, low voltage sensor, high water sensor, CO2 sensor 
• 3rd 230v Mastervolt inverter installed. 110v power outlets added in owner's cabin and stbd crew cabin.  
• USB C outlets added to nav station 
• Bilge pump replaced 
• Fresh water pump replaced 
• Back up high-volume bilge pump installed, general electrical work 
• General engineering, new fridge pumps, davit service 
• New icemaker installed 
• All heads reconditioned 

All personal belongings and all other items not expressly listed in the above inventory are excluded from the sale. 

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

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