2003 Oyster 53

DREAM AGAIN II, a 53’ Oyster Cutter built in 2003, has been lovingly cared for and continuously upgraded, making her feel as fresh and ready for adventure as ever. Recent upgrades, including an Evolution roller furling headsail, a West Marine 10’ RIB with a 6HP Yamaha outboard and new B&G electronics, ensure that DREAM AGAIN II is outfitted for smooth, easy cruising. Not to mention the newly installed Raytheon Auto Pilot and AIS system that make navigation a breeze.

Below deck, she’s equally impressive. The bright and spacious forward cabin features a centerline double berth, a comfy upholstered seat and vanity table, and ample storage. The twin guest cabin to starboard offers cozy upper and lower berths, perfect for family or friends to bunk down after a day of fun on the water. The owner’s stateroom is your personal retreat, featuring a large, offset double berth, a curved settee and plenty of lockers and drawers to keep everything neatly tucked away.

The saloon is the heart of the yacht, designed to be a comfortable, light-filled space where everyone can gather. The oval dining table, with its beautiful burr wood inlay, is the ideal spot for sharing a meal or playing a board game. To starboard, a settee with plush stitched seating offers the perfect place to relax while to port, a two-seater provides a more intimate lounging area. Seven windows—two of which open—along with two hull portholes, allow plenty of natural light to flood in, creating an airy, inviting atmosphere. You’ll also appreciate the practical touches like the built-in drinks locker and stainless-steel bookshelves that give this yacht a homey, lived-in feel.

The galley is located to starboard in the companionway to the aft cabin. It’s fully equipped with everything you need to whip up delicious meals, including a gimballed stainless-steel cooker, a front-opening refrigerator, a freezer system, and even a microwave/grill combo. Avonite countertops and stainless-steel basin inserts provide a sleek and functional workspace, while clever storage solutions keep everything organized.

DREAM AGAIN’s GRP hull, with teak-laid decks and Oyster’s signature deck saloon profile, speaks to her quality construction. The safe cockpit is designed for easy handling and the teak-trimmed bathing platform makes it easy to take a dip in the water.

• Properly equipped for offshore cruising
• Standing rigging replaced          
• New roller furling headsail
• Roller Furling mast
• Upgraded B&G plotter
• Recent replacement of safety equipment
• New West Marine 10’ RIB
• Great bones

• Evolution roller furling headsail
• West Marine 10’ RIB with 6 HP Yamaha outboard
• Updated AV systems
• Dan Buoy safety system
• AIS added
• New Raytheon Auto Pilot System
• New B&G plotter at the helm 

• GRP hull is laid up single skin with structural stringers and floors to Lloyds approved design specification.
• Hull color 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 steps for access to the stern deck.
• Deck structure molded in GRP with balsa core.
• Teak laid decks.
• Oyster deck saloon profile with 'eyebrow' styling.
• Bulwark finished with a teak capping rail with stainless steel open fairleads.

Keel & Rudder:

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

Engine & Gearboxes:

• Yanmar 4JH3-HTBE, 4-cylinder diesel engine (100hp).
• Engine Hours: 4,387 (Sept 2024)
• Yanmar KM4A gearbox.
• Racor model 500 FG fuel filter and water separator.
• Standard service kit.

Propulsion & Steering:

• Whitlock cable system with a remote pedestal incorporating a 1065mm (42") stainless steel wheel.
• Wheel covered in brown suede leather.
• Rocker type pedestal switches.
• Max-Prop 3-bladed 60cm (24") feathering propeller.
• Ambassador AM15 rope cutter on prop shaft.
• Sleipner 10hp tunnel bow thruster.

Voltage Systems:

• Ship's supply.
• 24V DC.
• Mains US 4 wire AC spec.
• Additional Clipsal 220v double socket at chart table.

Battery Banks:

• Bank of 8 x Sonenshein GF6 180V batteries.
• Pair of 12V 815A 50Ah Optima Redtop start batteries.
• 1 x 12V 815A S0Ah Optima Redtop for generator.

Battery Chargers:

• Mastervolt 150 Amp 24V alternator coupled with Mastervolt Alpha Pro regulator.
• Mastervolt 220V MASS 24/75 Charger including temp sensor.
• Mastervolt MICC unit controller.

Alternators:

• Yanmar alternator: SSA 12V for engine start battery.
• Mastervolt alternator :150A 24V for domestic battery bank with Mastervolt Alpha regulator.

Generator:

• Westerbeke STD 7.5 (7.5kW/220V/50Hz).
• Generator/Engine starting batteries "emergency" link.
• Fiddle on top of the genset box.
• Gen hours: 1,335 (Sept 2024).

Shore Power:

• 30A dockside power cable in 3-core double-insulated PVC, 18m in length.
• Hubbell socket in transom.
• Dockside end of cable fitted with 3-pin, 16 amp plug.

Other Electrical:

• 220V MASS Sine Inverter 24/2500.

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

• Hot water from insulated 76 liter (16.7 imp / 20 US gallon) tanks heated by the engine's heat exchanger, or by thermostatically-controlled 220V, 2kW immersion heater elements powered from dockside power.
• Par CW 320 Twin Max Pump with pressure accumulator.

Watermaker:

• Seafresh 204A/220v AC watermaker (63 L/hr)
• Standard spares kit

Bilge Pumps:

• Jabsco Maxi 3000 Puppy with Par hydro air switch.
• Henderson MkV double action bilge pump operated from the cockpit.
• Whale Gulper Pumps (fore and aft} to evacuate the Greywater system.

• Fuel: 850 liters (187 imp/224 US gallons) in a GRP tank.
• Water: 750 liters (165 imp/198 US gallons) in a GRP tank.
• Holding Tanks:  Polypropylene gravity emptying holding tank fore and aft, and tank tender system for both tanks.

•  Customised around electronics and navigational instrumentation, flush mounted in a black, man-made leather fascia.
• The chart table fits half-folded Admiralty charts and a good-sized bookshelf outboard of this.
• AC and DC electrical panels are located aft of the navigator's seat.
• 2 extra blocks of 5 circuit breakers on panel.
• Compass(es).
• Multi ST60 - Speed, Depth and Wind.
• Extra Multi ST60 at pedestal.
• ST60 Close hauled.
• ST60 MFD.
• Extra Multi ST60 in aft cabin.
• RayNav 300, 12-Channel, GPS interfaced to the Autopilot.
• Raytheon RLB0 C PLUS radar/plotter - 4kw radome.
• RL70 C PLUS radar/plotter repeater under sprayhood, in Navpod.
• Raymarine Autohelm ST6001 + with 400G course computer and ST600R hand held control head for autopilot.
• Windex at VHF antennae at masthead.
• ICS Navtex 6 Plus incl. GPS interface & ANT-6 aerial.
• Raymarine Ray 230E Class D-DSC VHF radio-telephone with masthead antenna.
• lcom 802 transceivers with a dropper and AAX5 aerial on the mast.
• Copper strip for retrofit of SSB.
• Skanti iridium system / aerial removed.

Galley:

• The galley is located to starboard of the cockpit, in the companionway to the aft cabin.
• Avonite galley tops with upstands and stainless steel basin inserts.
• Locker with wire drawers on runners.
• Features twin stainless steel sinks, stowage is provided for crockery.
• A gimballed Force 10 FT60451 cooker in stainless steel, with 4 burners, a grill, and an oven.
• A front-opening refrigerator and nearby cool box and stainless steel combined 900W microwave/grill.
• Frigomatic 24V, water-cooled refrigeration unit for front-opening galley refrigerator.
• Frigomatic 50F twin compressor, Freezer system for galley cool box

Heads/Showers:

• 2 x WCs.

Heating & Ventilation:

• 2 x Cruisair units providing 16,000 BTUs

Entertainment:

• Pioneer DEH-P4500R with Pioneer 12 Disc CD Changer CDX-P1270 with speakers in the deck saloon and cockpit.
  Status Omni directional aerial at masthead TV and AM/FM.

Lighting (Interior):

• Halogen overhead lights.
• Cabin 'Glassline Minor' reading lights in chrome with ceramic shades.
• Flexible chart table light.
• Auto door lights to refrigeration and drinks locker.
• Swivel Halogen lights over mirrors in forward and aft cabins.
• Red Nightlights -1 in galley, in overhead at table.
• Engine room lighting.

Lighting (Exterior):

• Aqua Signal navigation lights.
• Steaming/deck floodlight.
• Tri-white LED anchor/navigation light at masthead.
• Spreader lights.
• Boom light over cockpit table.

Summary of Accommodation:

• Six berths in three cabins, excluding the saloon.
• Interior joinery finished in American White Oak with Oyster 'Millennium' styling. Designed to be modern and coordinated, 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 and heads in Avonite - colour 'Black Ice'.
• Headlining in off-white vinyl.
• Upholstery - saloon settees and navigator's seat in stone velour (new 2017).
• Lee cloths to all sea berths.
• Oceanair Skyscreens to all hatches.
• Heyco toolkit - large.
• Oyster stainless steel cutlery. 
• Oyster custom Wedgwood bone china crockery.

Hatches and Windows:

• Lewmar alloy-framed, silver-anodised deck hatches.
• Gebo alloy-framed po rtlights in coachroof sides.
• Custom alloy-framed deck saloon windows in toughened, smoked, 12mm glass - 2  forward windows open.
• Gebo opening portlights in cabins, WC's and galley.
• Gebo long opening hullports in saloon.
• Long Gebo Econoline Portlight inc flyscreen & curtain - 2 off.

Description of layout from forwards:

Forward Double Cabin:

• Forward accommodation provides a spacious double cabin in the bows, with a centreline double berth, an upholstered seat with a vanity table, plentiful clothes lockers, and a hanging locker.
• Cabin mattress 2" latex laminate.
• The deck is accessible via the forehatch.
• Stainless Steel bookshelf.

Twin Cabin:

• To starboard with upper and lower berths, lockers for clothes, a vanity unit and a hanging locker.

Heads:

• To port, accessed from the passageway and shared by the forward cabins, incorporating Jabsco electric toilet, washbasin, and shower with curtain.
  • Hansgrohe quality mixer taps and showers, together with matching towel rail, toothbrush holders, soap dispenser and mirror.

Owner's stateroom with ensuite heads

• The aft cabin is configured with a double berth offset from the centerline, a curved settee, a dressing table, and a large hanging locker, with abundant drawer and locker space.
• Cabin mattress 2" latex laminate.
• Headboard for a double berth.
• From this cabin there is access to the aft toilet and shower to starboard, also through to the galley to port.

• To starboard features an oval table with burr wood inlay with a black perimeter line on the top face and settee area, outboard of which, are a pair of lockers and a central shelf to the hull port.
• Stitched panel seating.
• To port is a two-seater settee.
• The table incorporates a bottle locker in its base and opens to form a large dining table.
• The saloon is extremely light and airy, with seven windows of which two of the three forward ones open.
• There are also two opening hull portholes.
• A drinks locker is located at the forward port end of the saloon.
• Slatted blinds to portholes, bookshelf in Stainless steel, barometer, and wall clock.

Workshop:

• On the port side with a workbench and storage for tools.
• Bunk berth over the workbench with chest of draws.
• Large hinged doors provide superb access to the engine compartment.
• Hanging cupboard for clothing / wet gear, rail and hooks for life jackets and harnesses

Rig:

• Cutter rigged inc. ST secondaries Lewmar 48 CST, tracks, rigging, halyard, clutch, furler & furling staysail.
• Hood Stoway mainmast with in-mast electric furling.
• Electric drive for Stoway Mast.
• Harken backstay tensioner- 8503 - 12mm.
• Selden solid rod kicker/vang.
• Continuous stainless steel wire rigging for two spreader rigs; new standing rigging 06/19, new tensions, and rig overhaul.
• Webbing jackstays and shackles.
• "No strike" ion dissipaters at the masthead.
• Flute-stopper upgraded with passerelle halyard and stainless steel bar.
• Squeezer, size 3-c with GRP bucket
• Harken Unit 3 headsail furling.
• Spinnaker gear package includes: Pole vertically stowed on mast with butt hoist winch, pole topping lift and fore guy, pair sheets. guy blocks and fittings.
• Block at masthead for spinnaker halyard.
• Spinnaker halyard and snap shackle.
• Spare genoa halyard.
• Snatch block size 3.

Winches:

• By Lewmar.
• Electric ST primary winches x2.
• #48 CEST self-tailing mainsheet winch.
• #48 CST two-speed self-tailing main and genoa halyard winches on mast x2.
• #44 CST self-tailing reefing line winch, for mainsail reefing, on mast beneath gooseneck.
• #16 CST two-speed, self-tailing mainsheet traveler control line winches x2.

Sails:

• Quantum Dacron cross-cut CW2000 main sail (2019).
• Tri radial design genoa in DCP Pentax, including Sialkot plus treatment, with Odyssey UV to leach and foot (2018).
• New genoa (2018).

General:

• Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, and pair of gateway midship stanchions close up to form the side gates. Gate to pushpit.
• 3 x Pairs of stainless steel fairleads - fitted into bulwarks.
• Stainless steel guard rails over forward storage boxes.
• Stainless steel grabrails on cabin top. Stem head fitting with twin bronze rollers.
• Chainplate assemblies.
• Gas locker for 2 bottles.
• Large lazarette locker with twin stainless steel gas struts and scuba tank brackets.
• Quarter pushpit seats in stainless steel and teak.
• Cockpit table, SS frame/GRP box - Varnished
• Stainless steel mug rack and grabrail on pedestal.
• Cockpit cushions with closed cell foam.
• Aft deck cushion in open cell foam.
• Hot & cold freshwater deck shower.
• Anchor deckwash pump in bow.
• Teak treads in two transom tread rungs.
• Hinged ladder on transom.
• Socket in transom for passerelle.
• Drop-down washboard.
• 2 x folding mast steps 1.2m from masthead.
• Docklines-15m long, 16mm Octoplait.
• 100m of 16mm Octoplait spliced onto 10m of 12mm chain.
• Preventer lines on boom in spectra 12mm.
• 2 x folding Wichards for halyard stowage on the side deck.
• Comprehensive inventory of assorted spare parts.

Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

• Mooring and cockpit cleats in polished stainless steel.
• Forward anchor locker for chain stowage.
• 60m of 12mm calibrated galvanized chain.
• CQR 34kg (751b).
• Lewmar Ocean 3 vertical capstan, 24V anchor windlass. 
• Remote windlass control in the cockpit.
• Partition in bow locker - stowage for an additional anchor in bow locker.
• Fortress FX-55 spare anchor.
• 4 x Large fenders.

Covers, Canvas & Cushions:

• Large acrylic fold-down sprayhood over custom stainless steel hoops; windows new 2018.
• Stainless steel grab rail to aft hoop of sprayhood - leather cover to sprayhood grabrail.
• Bimini, with cover for stowage with window; windows new 2018.
• Wheel and pedestal cover.
• Cover for radar in cockpit.
• Foam backed mast cover; new 2019.
• Cockpit cushions.

Tender & Outboard:

• Zodiac RIB 3.10; in storage.
• Yamaha Fa CMHS 4-Stroke outboard.
• Simpson davits Model #225.
• Davit bellybands.

Safety Equipment:

• Liferaft.
• Eurovinil 8-person liferaft - to be serviced.
• Mc Murdo 406-GPS EPIRB.
• Firdell Slipper on mast.
• 6 x Ocean Safety Professional lifejackets - to be serviced.
• 6 x Crew Saver Safety harnesses.
• 2 x Double leather harnesses.
• Climbing harness / Bosuns chair.
• 406 EPIRB.
• SOS Grab bag.
• Felco wire cutters.

Fire-fighting equipment:

• Various including automatic fire extinguishers in the engine bay - to be serviced.
• Fire blanket.

Specifications and details of this vessel are provided in good faith for informational purposes only. Data regarding the specifications, operating characteristics and condition of the vessel was obtained from sources believed reliable but is not guaranteed by owner or brokers. Buyer assumes responsibility to verify all speeds, capacities, consumptions and other measurements contained herein and otherwise provided and agrees to instruct his agent or surveyor to confirm such details prior to purchase. Vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price and inventory changes and withdrawal from market without notice.

Engine hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker has been told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot and does not guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise, and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.