Oyster 62 Buyer's Guide
The Oyster 62 on the brokerage market is a Rob Humphreys-designed Deck Saloon voyager from Oyster Marine's Generation 4 era, built from 2000 onward as a larger, taller-rig evolution of the Oyster 61. These are solid-GRP hulled offshore cruisers with a split cockpit and a serious sail plan, and the used fleet reflects both private and former-charter ownership paths that shape what a buyer will find at inspection.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 62 was offered in either a four or five cabin arrangement with up to three head/shower compartments, and the standard plan placed three double staterooms forward sharing two heads, a stern owner's suite via a port-side walk-through galley, and a fifth double with twins starboard aft. On the used market, charter four-cabin layouts are the more common, though both are available, and ex-charter examples are common. A buyer weighing a former-charter hull should expect the higher-cabin-count interior and heavier service history that comes with that provenance rather than the quieter alternative layout.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used 62s commonly carry a strong offshore equipment set. Power and energy clusters are well represented: electric winches, a watermaker, solar, an inverter and a wind generator are commonly fitted, and a bow thruster is also usual. Sail handling and canvas commonly include a bimini, dinghy davits and an asymmetric spinnaker, while navigation and safety routinely show radar, AIS, an EPIRB and a life raft, with circumnavigation-grade kit typical. Often-seen comforts include air conditioning, heating, a furling main, a freezer, teak decks, autopilot and a chartplotter; a gennaker and swim platform also turn up frequently. For a shopper, the practical read is that a commonly fitted watermaker and bow thruster reduce refit spend, while a furling main and electric winches lighten short-handed sailing.
What to Inspect
The hull is hand-laid solid GRP reinforced with Kevlar below the waterline and built with isophthalic resin for permeation resistance, but a buyer should still confirm osmosis history on any specific hull anchor. The deck uses a balsa core with marine-grade plywood at load points and aluminum backing plates under fittings, so inspect deck core soundness around winches and stanchions where moisture intrusion could compromise the balsa. The hull-to-deck bond is an inward-flanged joint, and the skeg-hung rudder and short-chord fin with lead bulb deserve close underwater survey. The Perkins/Sabre M225Ti 225-horsepower auxiliary and Lewmar 66 electric winches with around 12 cockpit buttons for sail controls should be run and load-tested, and the Reckman hydraulic staysail furler checked for seal condition.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for the Oyster 62 include Portugal, the United States, Jersey, the United Kingdom, Spain and Guernsey. For a buyer, the takeaway is straightforward:
- Prefer a four-cabin private example unless charter capacity is the goal
- Survey the balsa-cored deck at all load-bearing fittings
- Verify the hydraulic staysail furler and electric winch service records
- Confirm osmosis treatment history on the solid-GRP hull
- Expect commonly fitted offshore kit, but budget for teak deck renewal if present
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Oyster 62. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 5 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 1 | $670,034 | — |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $792,388 | +18.3% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $611,730 | -22.8% |
| Jun 26 | 2 | $612,765 | +0.2% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $792,388 | +29.3% |
Where they're listed
Oyster 62 listings appear across 5 countries. Portugal has the most listings with 2 (33.3%), followed by Spain and United Kingdom.
Country view
6 listings · 5 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | $792,388 | 2 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Spain | $670,034 | 1 | 0 | 16.7% |
| United Kingdom | $611,730 | 1 | 0 | 16.7% |
| Guernsey | $611,730 | 1 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Jersey | $613,800 | 1 | 1 | 16.7% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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