Oyster 495 Buyer's Guide
The Oyster 495 entered production in 2021 as the smallest yacht Oyster had developed from concept since 2005 and the first fully conceived under Richard Hadida's ownership. For a buyer on the brokerage market, the 495 offers a modern Humphreys-designed cruiser with in-house Hythe construction, a semi-raised saloon, and a couple-friendly rig — but the used fleet is small and the known issues are specific.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available; ex-charter examples are common. The standard plan places a compact Pullman or over/under double forward of the saloon sharing a head with a bright guest stateroom, while the aft owner's cabin has 6 feet 4 inches of headroom, a sofa, and Oyster's vertical hull portlights. The semi-raised saloon uses reverse sheer to gain headroom without a forward-extended coachroof, and the saloon table lowers to extend the starboard sofa into a double. A U-shaped galley sits to port, the nav station steps down to starboard, and the full-beam lazarette aft is enormous.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, short-handed setups, air conditioning, lithium batteries, inverters, and electric winches are commonly fitted. Often-seen equipment includes watermakers, code zero sails, furling mains, bow thrusters, freezers, radar, AIS, autopilots, chartplotters, EPIRBs, and life rafts. The standard aluminium mast with electric furling may be upgraded to a Seldén carbon rig with a hydraulic in-mast furling system, and the test boat showed a full hydraulics package serving outhaul, vang, mainsheet, and backstay. The cassette bathing platform, digital switching monitor, and optional dual thrusters reflect the boat's concierge detailing.
What to Inspect
The one documented defect is a cracked skin fitting in the lazarette that paused a test voyage with a leak; the builder states all subsequent boats received a bronze or TruDesign skin fitting for the emergency boarding ladder, so verify which type is fitted. The 495 has no wet locker, meaning foul weather gear shares the shower. Testers also found the saloon coachroof windows too high to see out of when standing and the hull ports too low when seated — a sightline limitation rather than a fault, but worth experiencing in person.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical market for used Oyster 495s is Spain. For the buyer, the checklist is short: confirm the lazarette skin fitting is bronze or TruDesign; check for a wet-locker workaround; test the saloon sightlines from seated and standing positions; and verify the rig and hydraulic package match the spec sheet. With owner three-cabin and ex-charter examples around, a careful survey of the documented items will settle most concerns.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Oyster 495. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 1 | $ 2,086,778 | — |
| Jun 26 | 2 | $ 1,710,243 | -18.0% |
Where they're listed
Oyster 495 listings appear across 1 country. Spain has the most listings with 3.
Country view
3 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | $ 1,710,243 | 3 | 2 | 100.0% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyster Yachts 53 | 53' | $ 400,000 | 29 | 8 |
| Privilège 495 | 47.02' | $ 490,995 | 28 | 8 |
| Oyster Yachts 54 | 53.92' | $ 628,557 | 16 | 4 |
| Oyster 485 | 48.5' | $ 295,000 | 16 | 4 |
| Hanse 495 | 50.52' | $ 274,554 | 14 | 7 |
| Oyster Yachts 49 | 51.83' | $ 377,512 | 12 | 1 |
| Oyster 625 | 63.55' | $ 2,250,000 | 7 | 1 |
| Oyster 45 | 44.33' | $ 283,462 | 6 | 0 |
| Oyster 595 | 62.5' | $ 4,409,159 | 4 | 1 |
| Oyster 545 | 53.9' | $ 895,000 | 4 | 1 |
| Oyster 495You are here | — | $ 1,710,243 | 3 | 2 |