2 0 10 L OR O PIANA
THE 2010 LORO PIANA SUPERYACHT REGATTA
By David Tydeman
Next year the fi rst Oyster 100 will take part in the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, which is organized by Boat International, and to start making Oyster’s presence felt in this arena, we decided to sponsor this year’s event.
Finding ourselves alongside several other Superyacht yards as co-sponsors, I was glad we made this decision. Every entrant in this fantastic event was given a personal invitation to come and visit our Oyster Superyacht operation in Turkey and we gave out many copies of our Superyacht book to skippers, brokers and many others who represent the, sometimes, very private or elusive owners in this market sector. Overall the feedback was fantastic with many planning to visit the yard, where visitors will be able to see four Oyster Superyachts in build.
Of course, several of the Oyster team managed to enjoy some great sailing in the fl eet, kindly invited by owners to experience their great yachts, increasing our knowledge of this size of yacht. I was very disappointed that racing was
cancelled due to high winds on the day I was due to race on Indio, the 102ſt Wally, but on the following day I enjoyed a wonderful day on Jazz Jr, the beautiful Turkish wooden yacht built by the owners of Proteksan Turquoise, a shipyard only a mile away from where we are building the Oyster 100 and 125 with RMK Marine. Waving the Turkish fl ag was fun to support.
T ere is great camaraderie in this fl eet and I strongly recommend that any Oyster owner wishing to take part should give us a call about an Oyster 100 or 125!
It was sad to see a nasty accident on one 148ſt yacht as a leeward sheet parted and an unfortunate guest on board found himself caught with the loads taking up on the windward
sheet on the weather deck. It reminded us all just how quickly things can happen and many of these larger yachts, built over the past decade or so, have not been built to the rigorous levels of classifi cation we have selected for the Oyster Superyachts.
We came away excited, stimulated and delighted we’d put Oyster, once again, into the forefront of this new sector for us. And of course, my thanks to Pier-Luigi Loro Piana for the best quality free polo shirt I’ve ever received!
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