OYSTER DINNERS
by David Tydeman
I have now had the privilege to host four owners’ dinners in
London, Southampton, Annapolis and recently our first ever
event in Hamburg. These events are a fantastic opportunity
for me, and the Oyster team, to get to know our owners
and so important for maintaining and encouraging the
‘Oyster family’ to grow and share their cruising adventures.
I have been told my speeches have ranged from too
corporate to ‘OK’ and I know I’m on a learning curve here!
With that in mind I rather nervously asked Britta from
Oyster’s German office to translate a few words for me to
read in German for our dinner in Hamburg in October. I was
not at all sure, as I stumbled and read slowly through the
speech, whether I was giving Britta a pay rise or a free
Oyster but it seemed to go down well! I was rewarded with
one owner saying as he left that he had travelled across
Germany to be there and had come rather cautiously to the
Photo: Phil Goodhead
dinner, not knowing what to expect or whether he was right
to come. But he was leaving having made new friends and
with firm plans to meet other owners again.
Red Arrows Flypast for Ixion
For me, that comment sums up why we arrange these
The owner of the Oyster 62, Ixion, Peter Maxwell-Brown
functions and will always continue to do so – my promise in
and his family enjoyed their own private Red Arrows display
future is not to treat them like AGM’s when I try to welcome
whilst anchored in Salcombe Harbour over the summer.
you all! The Oyster team and I hope to see many of you in
Local Harbour Master, and Oyster fan, Phil Goodhead took
London on the 9th January when we will be cruising down
the photograph.
the River Thames on board the Silver Sturgeon and also on
23rd January at our first international dinner at the
Düsseldorf boat show. This show is huge and, in my view,
really is one of the best shows in the calendar and we hope
many of you will come and see us.
Cappriccio Circumnavigation Completed
It was with great pleasure
that David Tydeman
presented Michéle
Colenso with a special
award to mark the
completion of her
four-year circumnavigation
in her Oyster 55,
Capriccio of Rhu, during
Oyster’s Palma Regatta.
Michéle, who received a standing ovation from fellow
owners and everyone present, had to make an unplanned,
two-year stopover in Sydney, when she was diagnosed with
breast cancer. During that time, not only did she raise a
significant amount of money for research, but also took part
in the Sydney Hobart Race, whilst sporting her now famous
pink ‘40DD bra’ spinnaker, which she kindly flew during our
Palma regatta! We salute Michéle and wish her all the very
best for the future.
Photo: Silver Sturgeon
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