Welcome
By the time this Oyster News reaches you, I will have jealousy as we imagine what we would be feeling in these
completed my first year with Oyster and I’m delighted to locations; well, I guess there is only one way to find out!
report we’ve had a good year. Contrary to many other yacht Sometimes, something in the article triggers a thought – I was
companies, we’ve built more boats in the last two years than lucky enough to share in the naming ceremony of Miss Tippy
in 2006 and 2007 and the order book is building up nicely. and reflected at the time how my 7-year-old daughter might
Southampton Yacht Services has also completed some great similarly come up with the name to describe the yacht’s
projects including some rather special custom carbon fibre movements – it’s great to now read how the Norton family
lifeboats and two 42-metre motoryachts. adventure is progressing in this issue.
2010 will bring several new events too – starting with the We held our inaugural German owners’ dinner in Hamburg last
first showing of the Oyster 575 at both the London and month and one owner, who has owned his Oyster for a
Düsseldorf boat shows. Building starts on the first Oyster 625 number of years, said to me “I arrived unsure of what to
and the first Oyster 125 starts moulding in the first week of expect, and left with new friends”. It was a successful and
February. Later in the year the first Oyster 100 will hit the water very enjoyable evening and we will make this an annual event.
(we have just booked the berth to display her at the Monaco It also gives us the confidence to hold a dinner during both
Yacht Show) and with the usual challenges of timing, due to the London and Düsseldorf boat shows. Despite the fact that
availability of berths and infrastructure, our 25th Oyster nearly 75% of our owners hail from either the UK or USA,
Regatta celebrations will happen around the same time in late there is clearly an opportunity for us to meet in different
September, hopefully with an Italian flavour. The first swing places and I look forward to hosting more events next year.
keel Oyster 655 will also take to the water during the year,
just to keep us all on our toes! I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and good sailing in
the New Year.
What continues to impress me about the Oyster team is
their constant passion for what we do and for our yachts.
New product launches, new events, and helping new Oyster
owners get as much enjoyment out of building their yachts
as owning them, are only possible because we have a great
team and I thank them for their continued efforts.
The many adventures of Oyster owners also never fail to
impress me. Their stories make great reading and its so much
fun for the team putting together this section of Oyster News. David Tydeman
I guess, like me, reading these stories of adventures leave us CEO, Oyster Group
with a mixed feeling of wonder, tinged with a little bit of
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